Thanks for focusing on the issue! A Visigoth site would be great. Yeah, it seems one of those broad nominations which needs rephrasing. A little like the mining heritage, maybe? :-)

Jasam alerted me to 2 aspiring TWHS in the Canary Islands:

- Historic Center of Las Palmas (by a "Citizen Platform")
- Old Sugar Mills of the Atlantic (serial with Dominican Republic) (seems more serious, will be on the new Spanish T List, "includes the one in Guía de Gran Canaria, together with those in Telde, Agaete and Los Llanos de Aridane, to which are also added four from the Dominican Republic")

Plus some more on the new Spanish T List:
- Geode of Pulpí (Almería),
- the Laboral University of Gijón
- the rock engravings of La Palma
https://www.cultura.gob.es/actualidad/2025/01/250117-consejo-patrimonio-historico.html

Current sugar mills in Dominican Republic tent list are as follows:

-Ruinas del Ingenio de Engombe
-Ingenio Boca de Nigua
-Duquesa Sugar Mill (demolished after tent list inscription)
-Ingenio Azucarero De Sanate

If they are going to add 4 sites from Dominican Republic, the fourth will be a surprise then. I hope they update other tent sites in Dominican Republic as well while they are updating it for sugar mills.

Perhaps it's a bit soon to be speculating, but - with Frank Gehry's death late last year, how likely is it that plans for a nomination for the Guggenheim Bilbao (+ likely others as a serial site) start getting underway? I was interested to see that a committee member mentioned the possibility when the FLW site was up for inscription (https://forum.worldheritagesite.org/index.php?action=vthread&forum=16&topic=2233&page=19#msg22298), and it seems to me from reading some of the discussion around the Siza nomination in 2025 that no longer being about a living architect would make success more likely.

To be frank it's not obvious to me which of his other designs are distinctly spectacular - they all look rather similar to me (!). Maybe the Dancing House would be an 'easy add' since it's already protected (within the Prague WHS core zone).

A serial site would be likely to include at least one US location, though, so maybe requiring US input and co-operation would be a blocker for the moment.

We were in Northern Spain Last May.
From my Impression Guggenheim and Bodegas Marqués de Riscal could be a standalone joint WHS.

The dancing House is Not very unique, and any way already within Pragues corezone.

Eclipse 2026 Planning
I've begun planning my trip to see the 2026 (Aug. 12) solar eclipse in northwest Spain. I'm asking for help to help me efficiently see some of the WHSs in that area. It's part of a longer trip that'll start with a few (~4) days each in Lisbon and Porto. My plan is to rent a car in Porto, and then head to somewhere in northwest Spain to watch the eclipse. Leon or Oviedo both have good long totality lengths, but Oviedo is a long drive from Porto. Lugo or Valladolid would be possibilities, too. I'd like to optimize seeing WHS sites along the way, but also want an interesting place to base myself. I'll probably have about 3 days in NW Spain (including the eclipse evening), so not a huge amount of time, but enough for some side trips. I recognize I can't see everything. The overabundance of Camino of Santiago sites on the maps on this website make it a little difficult to use them for planning. If you have route suggestions to check out as many WHSs as is realistic, or just general getting around advice, I would really appreciate it.

If you're in Bilbao, taking a drive out to the Port of Castro-Urdiales to see the Church of Santa María de la Asunción during the eclipse or otherwise would be interesting.

dennisj
In 2009 I took the following route. It was a lot of driving (for me) within 9 days:

Daily Itinerary

Day 1: Arrival & Transit

Pick up rental car at Madrid Airport.

Drive north via León (noting the change to green landscape).

Arrival in Riosa (Asturias) for a 7-night stay.

Day 2: Pre-Romanesque Churches & Oviedo

Santa Cristina de Lena (Lena).

San Miguel de Lillo and Santa María del Naranco (Mount Naranco).

Oviedo city center for lunch.

Day 3: Roman Heritage (Galicia)

Lugo: Walked the complete Roman city walls.

A Coruña: Visited the Tower of Hercules (Roman lighthouse) and the surrounding sculpture park.

Day 4: Gijón

A "rest day" focused on food.

Drive to Gijón to eat at Restaurante Casa Tino.

Day 5: Las Médulas & Astorga

Las Médulas: Visited the ancient Roman gold mines.

Astorga: Visited the Cathedral and Gaudí's Episcopal Palace.

Ponferrada: Quick stop at the Knights Templar Castle.

Day 6: Jurassic Coast

Colunga: Visited the Jurassic Museum of Asturias (MUJA).

Ribadesella: Viewed dinosaur tracks on the beach/cliffs.

Day 7: Prehistoric Caves (Cantabria)

Santillana del Mar: Visited the Altamira Museum and Neocave.

Puente Viesgo: Visited the Monte Castillo caves (specifically El Castillo and Las Monedas).

Day 8: Bilbao & San Millán

Departure from Riosa.

Portugalete (Bilbao): Visited the Vizcaya Bridge (walked across the high pedestrian platform).

San Millán de la Cogolla: Visited the Yuso and Suso monasteries. Overnight stay in the monastery hotel (Hostería San Millán).

Day 9: Atapuerca & Return

Atapuerca: Visited the archaeological site (human evolution).

Burgos: Visited the Cathedral

Return drive to Madrid Airport for the flight home.