Thursday February 16th, 2012
There was a very nice show on TV yesterday celebrating the UNESCO World Heritage 40 years. It showed several of the amazing natural or human-built places we have in the wonderful world. It was two hours of pure delight.
A quick look on the website once the show is done, taught me that among the 936 registered properties, 37 are in France (not bad!) and 5 are in Lebanon (not bad at all).
Another quick look at the list I realized that I have seen 13 of the 936! It’s a small number, but it’s something to start with. I hope I will be able to visit more before the end of my days. I went through the pictures I took while I was in these places, and I came up with this small album; this way you can say that, like me, you have visited these places 🙂 (for the places I could not find pics of I just took the pics from the UNESCO website (copyright included :)))
La Grande Place, Brussels - Belgium
Historic Center of Brugge - Belgium
Mont Saint Michel and its bay - France
Palace and Park of Versailles - France
Strasbourg, Grande Ile - France
Paris, Banks of the Seine - France
Anjar - Lebanon
Baalbeck - Lebanon
Byblos - Lebanon
Tyre - Lebanon
Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) - Lebanon
City of Luxembourg: its Old Quarters and Fortifications - Luxembourg
Works of Antoni Gaudi - Spain
How many of the properties have you visited? I’m sure you can beat my number 😀
See you tomorrow!
Experience Life in France 
Did all except Anjar:D Half of them with youuuuuuuu ahhahahahahah
This summer we’ll surely do Anjar altogether:D
Great postttttttt!!!!
Missing our tripssssss
Miss it too!
Where is your list? Yours should be bigger than mine!
All your list except Luxembourg
Plus:
-Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn
-Historic Centre of Vienna
-Port, Fortresses and Group of Monuments, Cartagena
-Old City of Dubrovnik
-Historical Complex of Split with the Palace of Diocletian
-Historic Centre of Prague
-Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
-Historic Cairo
-Palais et parc de Fontainebleau
-Cathédrale d’Amiens
-Centre historique d’Avignon : Palais des papes, ensemble épiscopal et Pont d’Avignon
-Cathédrale Notre-Dame, ancienne abbaye Saint-Rémi et palais de Tau, Reims
-Site historique de Lyon
-Provins, ville de foire médiévale
-Cathédrale de Cologne
-Acropole d’Athènes
-Cité du Vatican
-Budapest, avec les rives du Danube, le quartier du château de Buda et l’avenue Andrássy
-L’église et le couvent dominicain de Santa Maria delle Grazie avec « La Cène » de Léonard de Vinci
-Centre historique de Florence
-Venise et sa lagune
-Piazza del Duomo à Pise
-Cultural Landscape of Sintra
-Historic Centre of Cordoba
-Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada
-Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch
-Historic Areas of Istanbul
-Tower of London
-Maritime Greenwich
-Statue of Liberty
-Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura
I guess I’ve missed some…
Sydney Opera House
Greater Blue Mountains Area
Australian Convict Sites
Historic Bridgetown and its Garrison
La Grand-Place, Brussels
Historic Centre of Brugge
Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)
Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties in Beijing and Shenyang
The Great Wall
Summer Palace, an Imperial Garden in Beijing
Historic Cairo
Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur
Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Former Abbey of Saint-Rémi and Palace of Tau, Reims
Paris, Banks of the Seine
Mont-Saint-Michel and its Bay
Palace and Park of Versailles
The Loire Valley between Sully-sur-Loire and Chalonnes
Palaces and Parks of Potsdam and Berlin
Archaeological Site of Olympia
Acropolis, Athens
Archaeological Site of Delphi
Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue
Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura*13
Piazza del Duomo, Pisa
Assisi, the Basilica of San Francesco and Other Franciscan Sites
Villa d’Este, Tivoli
Le Morne Cultural Landscape
Medina of Marrakesh
Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht
Aldabra Atoll
Vallée de Mai Nature Reserve
Works of Antoni Gaudí
Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville
Palau de la Música Catalana and Hospital de Sant Pau, Barcelona
Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites
Blenheim Palace
City of Bath
Frontiers of the Roman Empire
Westminster Palace, Westminster Abbey and Saint Margaret’s Church
Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine’s Abbey, and St Martin’s Church32
Tower of London
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh
Maritime Greenwich
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Liverpool – Maritime Mercantile City
Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
Statue of Liberty
i think thats it , although missed paris on my first pass through this … 😦