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UNESCO
UNESCO Heritage
| Historic Centre of Prague is our most valuable historical city reserve. In 1992 the historical core of the city covering 866 hectares was listed in the UNESCO World Cultural and Natural Heritage Register. |  |
| Historic Centre of Cesky Krumlov a town of historical heritage - 300 protected buildings in the historical centre designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the second largest castle complex in the Czech Republic, and the oldest Baroque theatre in the world. More information on www.ckrumlov.cz |  |
| Historic Centre of Telč The houses in Telc, which stands on a hilltop, were originally built of wood. After a fire in the late 14th century, the town was rebuilt in stone, surrounded by walls and further strengthened by a network of artificial ponds. The town's Gothic castle was reconstructed in High Gothic style in the late 15th century. More information on www.telc-etc.cz/telc |  |
| Pilgrimage church of St John of Nepomuk on Zelena Hora (Green Hill) Represents the crowning achievement of the brilliant architekt Jan Blazej Santini Aichl. |  |
| Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of our Lady at Sedlec Kutná Hora developed as a result of the exploitation of the silver mines. In the 14th century it became a royal city endowed with monuments that symbolized its prosperity. More information on www.kutnohorsko.cz |  |
| Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape 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. More information on www.lednice.cz |  |
| Holašovice Historical Village Reservation Holašovice is an exceptionally complete and well-preserved example of a traditional central European village. It has a large number of outstanding 18th- and 19th-century vernacular buildings in a style known as 'South Bohemian folk Baroque', and preserves a ground plan dating from the Middle Ages. More information on www.holasovice.cz |  |
| Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž The gardens and castle of Kroměříž are an exceptionally complete and well-preserved example of a European Baroque princely residence and its gardens. More information on www.azz.cz |  |
| Litomyšl Castle Litomyšl Castle was originally a Renaissance arcade-castle of the type first developed in Italy and then adopted and greatly developed in central Europe in the 16th century. Its design and decoration are particularly fine, including the later High-Baroque features added in the 18th century. It preserves intact the range of ancillary buildings associated with an aristocratic residence of this type. More information on www.litomysl.cz/zamek |  |
| Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc This memorial column, erected in the early years of the 18th century, is the most outstanding example of a type of monument specific to central Europe. In the characteristic regional style known as Olomouc Baroque and rising to a height of 35 m, it is decorated with many fine religious sculptures, the work of the distinguished Moravian artist Ondrej Zahner. More information on www.olomoucko.cz |  |
| Tugendhat Villa in Brno The Tugendhat Villa in Brno, designed by the architect Mies van der Rohe, is an outstanding example of the international style in the modern movement in architecture as it developed in Europe in the 1920s. More information on www.tugendhat-villa.cz |  |
| Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in Třebíč The ensemble of the Jewish Quarter, the old Jewish cemetery and the Basilica of St Procopius in Trebíc are reminders of the co-existence of Jewish and Christian cultures from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. More information on www.trebic.cz/unesco |  |
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