Valtice
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| State Party |  Czech Republic |
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| Type | Cultural | |
| Criteria | i, ii, iv | |
| Identification | #763 | |
| Region2 | Europe and North America | |
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| Formal Inscription: | 1996 20th WH Committee Session |
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| WH link: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/763 | |
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1 Name as officially inscribed on the WH List |
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The village of Valtice (IPA: [ˈvalcɪtsɛ], German: Feldsberg) in the Czech Republic contains one of the most impressive Baroque residences of Central Europe. It was designed as the seat of the ruling princes of Liechtenstein by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach in the early 18th century. Construction was supervised by Domenico Martinelli, who was employed as an on-site architect. The palace is surrounded by an English park with the Temple of Diana (1812) and other Neoclassical structures. Together with the neighbouring manor of Lednice, to which it is connected by a 7km-long lime-tree avenue, Valtice forms the World Heritage Site Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape.
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Český Krumlov | Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž | Holašovice Historical Village Reservation | Holy Trinity Column, Olomouc | Jewish Quarter and St. Procopius' Basilica, Třebíč | Kutná Hora | Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape | Litomyšl Castle | Pilgrimage Church of Saint John of Nepomuk | Prague | Telč | Tugendhat Villa, Brno
