- Czech Republic 1998. Castle in Lednice-Valtice.
Lednice-Valtice Cultural
Landscape (1996)
Czech Republic
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 sq. km, it is one of the largest artificial
landscapes in Europe.
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The Committee decided to inscribe the nominated property on the basis of cultural criteria (i),(ii) and (iv) considering that the site is of outstanding universal value being a cultural landscape which is an exceptional example of the designed landscape that evolved in the Enlightenment and afterwards under the care of a single family. It succeeds in bringing together in harmony cultural monuments from successive periods and both indigenous and exotic natural elements to create an outstanding work of human creativity. The Committee decided to include criterion (i) to the proposed criteria since the ensemble is an outstanding example of human creativity.
Other World Heritage Sites in the Czech Republic (on this site). Please refer to the UNESCO-listing, section of the Czech Republic, for further information on the individual properties.
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