The Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape is a cultural-natural landscape complex of 283.09 square kilometres in the Lednice and Valtice areas of the South Moravian Region, near Břeclav in the Czech Republic.
The Lednice-Valtice Area is registered in the list of monuments protected as World Heritage Sites (WHS) by UNESCO. It is adjacent to the Pálava Landscape Protected Area (Pálava Biosphere Reserve), a WHS registered by UNESCO several years before. The close proximity of two cultural landscapes protected by UNESCO is unique.
The House of Liechtenstein acquired a castle in Lednice in 1249, which marked the beginning of their settlement in the area. It remained the principal Liechtenstein residence for 700 years, until 1939 and World War II.
The Dukes of Liechtenstein transformed their properties into one large and designed private park between the 17th and 20th centuries. During the 19th century, the Dukes continued transforming the area as a large traditional English landscape park. The Baroque and Gothic Revival style architecture of their chateaux are married with smaller buildings and a landscape that was fashioned according to the English principles of landscape architecture.
Source: Wikipedia
Was super surprise to receive this Unesco postcard in my mailbox, from Sura and Dennis,
my wonderful postcard friends. I met Sura in Bratislava back in 2013 when I was
travelling through Central and Eastern Europe. ery nice to hear that my friend Dennis from
Australia also met the kind hospitality of Sura! You both sure look like you both sure look
like you had a blast! To postcards connecting people and wonderful friendships :)
Received: 19 November 2015 Travelled: all summer o.o
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