Month: August 2013

There are quite a few industrial world heritage site on the UNESCO list, amongst whom is the former Ironworks complex in Völklingen: The Völklinger Hütte.

Erected in 1881, the plant began producing in 1883 and stayed into production until 1986.
In 1994 it was added to the UNESCO World Heritage list as this is the only intact example of an integrated ironworks from this period.

Recently I made a panorama-view of the entrance.

Those who blasted their furnaces:

• Cloudspotter
• Gary Arndt
• Lighthouse
• Garfield
• rob de wolff
• mehmet durmus
• Walter_V_R
• Rockless Glaciator
• Dry Bowser
• Phil Ower
• donaaronio
• krenek

– Hint –

• hhgygy
• mccrumplair
• Fred A
• Eiram
• Eloy Cano
• David Kozina
• Rosella
• Paul Franson
• Sandworm
• Voodoochild
• Paul Voestermans
• Romano

(Hurray! finally Gary made it on the scores list 🙂 )

And again: YAWHS

Quiriguá is a Mayan archeological site, which is not the most prominent of Mayan sites, but it has the largest Mayan stelae to be found anywhere.

There is archeological evidence it was inhabited at the end of the Preclassic Era

It was not easy this week. This is probably one of the most difficult UNESCO sites to be found on GE.
Kudos to all who found it, especially to those without the hint.

Right answers from:

• hhgygy
• Walter_V_R
• Cloudspotter
• Eloy Cano
• mccrumplair

– Hint –

• rob de wolff
• Steve Hoge
• Lighthouse
• Farceur
• David Kozina
• Phil Ower
• krenek
• Garfield
• Paul Voestermans

YAWHS

(Yet Another World Heritage Site)

 

CLick on the picture to enlarge

Bern in The Netherlands is a small hamlet. It has no less than 5 streets and 37 inhabitants.

It was founded in 1134 by knight Fulco of Bern.

Those who didn’t look in Switzerland

• Cloudspotter
• Walter_V_R
• Felix Bossert
• Mik
• Farceur
• Paul Voestermans
• mccrumplair
• krenek
• mehmet durmus
• Phil Ower

– Hint –

• hhgygy
• Lighthouse
• Rosella
• David Kozina
• Sandworm
• Paul Franson
• Noisette

It is not Zürich and no, it doesn’t look like a capital, does it?

My sincere apologies for the delay