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The World Heritage record — every site below seen with my own eyes

I have stood in more than 345 UNESCO World Heritage sites across 146 countries. This is where that record gets written down properly, one country at a time.

The Count

Visited
345+ World Heritage sites, across 146 countries since 1999
The rule
A site counts when I have physically been there — not driven past, not seen from a bus window
Rebuilt so far
Syria (all 6) · Iraq (6 inscribed + 15 tentative) — the two hardest lists on Earth, done first on purpose
Coming next
Morocco, Portugal, Egypt, Spain, Iran, India — added here as each country page reaches the 2026 standard
Palmyra, SyriaSyriaAll 6 sites, visited across 2020–2025 — Palmyra, Damascus, Aleppo, Bosra, Krak, the Dead Cities The Ishtar Gate at Babylon, IraqIraq6 inscribed + 15 tentative — Babylon, Erbil, Hatra, Samarra, Ashur and the Marshes

Every visit is dated in the ledger · countries live in Destinations

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