Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape World Heritage Site

Official name

Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape | UNESCO

Country

Czech Republic | Map

Continent

Europe

Location

Breclav District, South Moravian Region
48.7758° Lat, 16.7750° Lon | Map

Code

763

Time Zone

Europe/Prague (CEST, +0200)

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Category

Cultural

Description

Inscribed 1996. Between the 17th and 20th centuries, the ruling dukes of Liechtenstein transformed their domains in southern Moravia into a striking landscape. It married Baroque architecture (mainly the work of Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach) and the classical and neo-Gothic style of the castles of Lednice and Valtice with countryside fashioned according to English romantic principles of landscape architecture. At 200 km 2 , it is one of the largest artificial landscapes in Europe.