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Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape

Rank:

UNESCO

Wonder Type: Cultural

Country: Czech Republic

Best of: Architecture, Baroque

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. [More Details]

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