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.