Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape
Lednice Castle, Valtice Castle, Rendezvous Pavilion, one of Lednice Ponds, John's Castle, Rajsna Colonnade, Venetian fountain in Lednice Castle garden, view on Lednice Castle park with Minaret | |
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Location | Lednice and Valtice, Czech Republic |
Criteria | Cultural: (i), (ii), (iv) |
Reference | 763 |
Inscription | 1996 (20th Session) |
Area | 14,320 ha (35,400 acres) |
Coordinates | 48°46′33″N 16°46′30″E / 48.77583°N 16.77500°E |
The Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape (also Lednice–Valtice Area or Lednice–Valtice Complex, Czech: Lednicko-valtický areál) is a cultural-natural landscape complex of 283.09 square kilometres (109.30 sq mi) in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It comprises the municipalities of Lednice, Valtice and Hlohovec, and the rural area of Břeclav.
In 1996, the Lednice-Valtice Area was registered on the
History
The
17th–19th centuries
The
The Baroque and neo-Gothic architecture of the
In 1715 these two chateaux (castles) were connected by a 7 km (4.3 miles) long landscape allée and road, later renamed for the poet Petr Bezruč. The Lednice Ponds are situated between the town of Valtice and villages of Lednice and Hlohovec; as are the Mlýnský, Prostřední, Hlohovecký, and Nesyt Ponds. A substantial part of the cultural landscape complex is covered in pine forests, known as the "Pine−wood" (Boří les), and in areas adjacent to the Thaya River with riparian forests.[3]
20th century
In 1918 the region became part of new
After the Czechoslovakian Velvet Revolution in 1989, the Liechtenstein descendants again renewed legal attempts for restitution, which were denied by the Czech state, the present day owner of the properties.[4]
Features
The principal elements are:
- Chateau Valtice (German : Schloss Feldsberg) and its contiguous town of Valtice
- Lednice Castle (German : Schloss Eisgrub) and its contiguous village of Lednice
- The village of Hlohovec
Pavilions and follies
In addition to the castles, there are many large to small residential pavilions located throughout the designed landscape, often serving as chateau or hunting lodges.[5]
- The Colonnade − Rajsna (German: Reistna)
— a Neoclassical colonnade on the top of a hill ridge above Valtice (like a gloriette) from the 1810s to 1820s - Belvedere
— a belvedere landscape element. - Rendezvous (or Temple of Diana)
— a hunting lodge in a form of a Neoclassical arch from the 1810s - St Hubert Chapel (Kaple svatého Huberta)
— a Gothic Revival column structure from the 1850s dedicated to the patron saint of hunters, situated in the Pine wood - Border House (Hraniční zámeček)
— achateau built in the 1820s directly on the former (until 1920) borderline between Lower Austria and Moravia
- Temple of the Three Graces (Tři Grácie)
— a semicircle gallery with allegorical statues of Sciences and Muses and a statue of the Three Graces from the 1820s - Pond House (Rybniční zámeček)
— at the shore of one of the Lednice Ponds
- Nový dvůr (German: Neuhof, New Farm) — a sheep husbandry, nowadays for horse breeding
- Apollo Temple (Apollónův chrám)
— a Neoclassical hunting lodge from the 1810s, ashore of one of the Lednice Ponds - Hunting Lodge (Lovecký zámeček)
— a Neoclassical house from 1806 - John's Castle (Janův hrad or Janohrad)
— a , finished in 1810 - Minaret
— a Moorish Revival style "minaret" observation tower 62 metres (203 ft) high, located in the Lednice Castle garden (finished in 1804), that provides a view of the entire landscape. On clear days the Pálava Hills and Malé Karpaty Mountains can also be seen from the towers. - Obelisk
— an obelisk erected in memory of the peace treaty of Campo Formio (1798)
- Pohansko
— anEmpire-style hunting lodge finished after 1812, it houses an exhibition of Břeclav Town Museum:
close to the lodge there are both an important archaeological site of Great Moravian remains and reconstructed parts of the Czechoslovak border fortifications - Lány
— anEmpire-stylehunting lodge from the beginning of the 19th century
Preservation
The garden
See also
Gallery
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Lednice Castle
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Castle Greenhouse in Lednice
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Interior of the greenhouse
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From the Lednice Castle garden
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Lednice Castle
Riding-Hall -
The Prostřední (Middle) one of the Lednice Ponds
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Valtice Castle
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Border House
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John's Castle
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Hunting Lodge
References
- ^ "Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
- ^ "Pálava Nature Reserve | Mikulov.cz". mikulov.cz. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
- ^ ISBN 978-80-7339-067-9.
- ^ "The former Liechtenstein possessions of Lednice-Valtice". Minor Sights. September 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ^ The term zámeček (German: Schlösschen, literally a small château) — is usually translated here as a "manor house" — or a "hunting lodge" (Czech: lovecký zámeček, German: Jagdschlösschen), if it served for hunting.
- ^ World Monuments Fund – Lednice and Valtice Cultural Landscape
- ^ Elaine Louie, New York Times, "Saving Endangered Art and Architecture," June 25, 1998.
Sources
- Kordiovský, Emil – Klanicová Evženie (eds.), Město Břeclav, Muzejní a vlastivědná společnost, Brno (2001).
- Památkový ústav v Brně: text on the reverse of a tourist map, Shocart, Zlín (1998).
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External links
- UNESCO Czech heritage.org: Official Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape website
- World Monuments Fund.org: Conservation & Economic Enhancement Plan for Valtice Zamek & its Environs, 1993.
- World Monuments Fund.org: Conservation & Economic Enhancement Plan for Lednice Zamek & its Environs, 1995.
- Lednicko-valticky-areal.cz" Lednice-Valtice Area—(in Czech)