Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape

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The Transformation of Southern Moravia: A Glimpse into the Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape

The Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996, offers a unique blend of architectural styles and landscape design that spans over four centuries. Situated in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic, this expansive cultural-natural landscape complex covers approximately 283.09 square kilometers, making it one of the largest artificial landscapes in Europe. Comprising the municipalities of Lednice, Valtice, and Hlohovec, as well as the rural area of Břeclav, the Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape presents a fascinating testament to the visionary endeavors of the ruling dukes of Liechtenstein.

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UNESCO Description of the World Heritage Site

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 km² , it is one of the largest artificial landscapes in Europe.

UNESCO Justification of the World Heritage Site

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.

Encyclopedia Record: Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape

The Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape 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.

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