Friday 26 February 2010

763 CZ - Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape (1996)

Brief Description

"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."

莱德尼采-瓦尔季采文化景观
"17至20世纪期间,列支敦士登的统治者们将 其南摩拉维亚(southern Moravia) 的领地建成了引人注目的风景区。莱德尼采—瓦尔季采的建筑城堡式巴洛克式、古哥特式以及新哥特式等多种风格的美妙结合,并融入了带有当时风靡英国的浪漫主 义景观建筑风格的乡村景观。景区占地200平方公里,是欧洲最大的人工风景区之一。"
Source UNESCO WH website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/763


Courtesy of Emerich from Czech
Lednice
Valtice
Courtesy of Jarculka from postcrossing forum

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