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Lednice is a municipality and village in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,300 inhabitants. It is known as part of Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The estate, from the beginning of its existence, which probably dates back to 1222, until its confiscation in 1945, belonged to the aristocratic Liechtenstein family, initially one of the wealthiest aristocratic families of Moravia.
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 UNESCO World Heritage List because of its unique mix of Baroque, Neolassical, and neo-Gothic architecture, and its history as a cultural landscape designed intentionally by a single family. It is adjacent to the Pálava Landscape Protected Area (Pálava Biosphere Reserve), a biosphere reserve registered by UNESCO several years before. The close proximity of two cultural landscapes protected by UNESCO is unique.
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The first historical record of this locality dates from 1222. At that time there stood a Gothic fort.
The chateau as it looks today dates from 1846-1858, when Prince Alois II decided that Vienna was not suitable for entertaining in the summer, and had Lednice rebuilt into a summer palace in the spirit of English Gothic.
Czech Republic - Glass House in Castle Lednice (My Friend´s Jarda V. Photo)
Czech Republic - Moorish House in Lednice (My Friend´s Jarda V. Photo)
Reflections of the Moorish Revival style "minaret", one of the follies located in the Lednice Castle garden, in Lednice, South Moravia, Czech Republic.
Silhouette of the statue atop the neo-Gothic fountain at the entrance of Lednice Castle, Lednice, South Moravia, Czech Republic. The fountain, dating to the second half of the 19th century is the work of the Liechtenstein architect Karl Weinbrenner, was built for the fortieth anniversary of the reign of Prince Johannes II and the shield-bearer in the form of a guardian angel is holding the coat of arms of Liechtenstein.
View of Lednice Castle, originally a Renaissance villa that became a summer residence of the ruling Princes of Liechtenstein in the 17th century. Designed and furbished by baroque architects Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Domenico Martinelli, and Anton Johan Ospel, the estate house was extensively rebuilt in the neo-Gothic style under the supervision of Georg Wingelmüller in 1846–1858. Lednice, South Moravia, Czech Republic.
View of the English-style garden of the, in the far distance, Lednice Castle, part of the Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape, seen from the top of the 62m high Moorish Revival style "minaret", one of the gardens’ Romantic follies by Joseph Hardtmuth. Lednice, South Moravia, Czech Republic.
Atop the Moorish Revival style "minaret", Lednice Castle garden, South Moravia, Czech Republic.
Atop the Moorish Revival style "minaret", one of the follies located in the Lednice Castle garden, in Lednice, South Moravia, Czech Republic. The 62m-high observation tower was completed in 1804, and is said to be the tallest outside the Muslim world.
