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UNESCO WHS Review

There are more than a thousand UNESCO World Heritage Sites around the world. More than most people can ever see in a lifetime. So we want to help you make a choice which one to visit and which ones you can safely skip. We’ve rate them according to their beauty, uniqueness, experience offered and location. Which then results in an overall rating.

Beauty

Beauty is a highly subjective and personal criterion. But it is a necessary criterion to judge if you have to decide whether or not to recommend a place.

Uniqueness

Uniqueness focusses on whether you can see and experience similar places elsewhere or not. The main focus is on similar places in the country and region. To a lesser extent comparable sites around the world are also taken into consideration.

Experience

Experience is measured both in how well the site and its unique value is explained and portrayed to the visitor. And if the place or sire is physically accessible and open to the visitor to experience.

Location

Location focusses on how easy the site or place is reachable. Special consideration is given to the accessibility by public transport. Further attention is given to the distance from the main tourist itineraries in the country.

Overall rating

The overall rating is an average of the four measured qualities; beauty, uniqueness, experience and location.

  • UNESCO World heritage site review: Architectural Ensemble of the Trinity Sergius Lavra in Sergiev Posad

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    The Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius is a still working Orthodox monastery and a popular site of pilgrimage and tourism. The monastery is the spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church. It is situated in the town of Sergiev Posad, about 75 km north from Moscow and part of Russia’s Golden Ring. The monastery is…

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    T. van den Brink
    Sergiev Posad by Night

  • UNESCO World heritage site review: Kizhi Pogost

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    Kizhi Pogost is the most important tourist destination in Russian Karelia. But is it worth the visit? Globazine reviews this UNESCO World Heritage Site, exploring its history, beauty, uniqueness, and experience. Continue reading to learn more! Kizhi Pogost is not a single building but three different ones. The pogost is the area within the wooden…

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    T. van den Brink
    Kizhi Pogost

  • Kronborg Castle UNESCO World Heritage Site Review

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    What has Hamlet’s castle Kronborg, to offer? Globazine rates the home of Shakespeare’s Hamlet in its UNESCO World Heritage Site Review. Continue reading to know if we advise you to travel to Kronborg Castle, situated close to Copenhagen, Denmark. History Kronborg Castle is situated at the very edge of Denmark, close to Sweden. It guards…

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    T. van den Brink
    Kronborg castle

  • La Grand Place Brussels UNESCO World Heritage Site Review

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    The Grand Place of Brussels is the most important tourist destination in Brussels. But is it worth the visit? Globazine reviews this UNESCO World Heritage Site, exploring its history, beauty, uniqueness, and experience. Continue reading to learn more! History The market place dates to the end of the 11th century. At the beginning of the…

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    T. van den Brink
    Grand Place

  • UNESCO World heritage site review: Chogha Zanbil, Iran

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    History Chogha Zanbil is an Elamite ziggurat built in the 13th century BCE. The Elamite king Untash-Napirisha founded it in honour of the god Inshushimah. Smaller temples dedicated to other Elamite gods surround the ziggurat. The ziggurat is made from mud bricks, stacks of unused baked bricks still stand next to the building. The original…

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    T. van den Brink
    chogha-zanbil

  • Choirokoitia: an UNESCO WHS Review

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    History Choirokoitia (Khirokitia) is an archaeological site on Cyprus dating from the Neolithic aceramic age. On Cyprus this age started somewhere around 8,200 B.C. Choirokoitia was inhabited until around 6,000 B.C. It is one of the most important and best preserved prehistoric sites in the eastern Mediterranean area and has been listed as a World…

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    T. van den Brink
    Choirokoitia

  • Bourges Cathedral: an UNESCO WHS Review

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    History The site of the cathedral served as the city’s main church all the way back to Carolingian times (714-1124) and maybe even further back to the founding of the bishopric, proposedly by saint Ursin in the 3th century. It is not known when the construction of the current cathedral began, but documents suggest somewhere…

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    Bourges Cathedral

  • Himeji Castle: an UNESCO WHS Review

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    History of the Himeji castle First, a fort was built on the site of the current castle in 1333. This fort was demolished in 1346 and a castle was built to replace it. In the 16th century this castle was remodelled into Himeji castle. Some more extensive remodelling followed in the early 17th century. Apart…

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    T. van den Brink
    Himeji Castle