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14-495: This unique area was originally recognized by UNESCO in 1986 and expanded in 2003 to include another UNESCO site, the Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape . Pálava PLA is dominated by the limestone Pálava Hills (part of the outer Western Carpathians ), and contains a significant proportion of natural or little affected steppe ecosystems that include meadow steppe, forest steppe, and thermophilic oak forest. In

28-519: 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. The House of Liechtenstein acquired Valtice (German name: Feldsberg) Castle in 1249, which marked the beginning of their settlement in

42-735: 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

56-670: The Thaya River with riparian forests . In 1918 the region became part of new Czechoslovakia . The Liechtenstein family opposed the annexation of Czech territory into Sudetenland by Nazi Germany , and as a consequence their properties were confiscated by the Nazis, and the family then relocated to Vaduz in 1939. After World War II the Beneš decrees resulted in the confiscation of all Liechtenstein property in Czechoslovakia, as

70-701: The Venus of Dolní Věstonice was discovered. The largest town in Pálava PLA is Mikulov , located in its southernmost part. This South Moravian Region location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a protected area in Europe is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lednice%E2%80%93Valtice Cultural Landscape The Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape (also Lednice–Valtice Area or Lednice–Valtice Complex , Czech : Lednicko-valtický areál )

84-558: The chateaux are married with smaller buildings and a landscape that was fashioned according to the English principles of landscape architecture. In 1715 these two chateaux (castles) were connected by a 7 km (4.3 miles) long landscape avenue and road, later renamed for the poet Petr Bezruč , due to his poem Valčice describing a journey to Lednice after tasting vine in Valtice. Whilst both Lednice and Valtice have grown since then, and

98-647: The Czech state, the present day owner of the properties. The principal elements are: In addition to the castles, there are many large to small residential pavilions located throughout the designed landscape, often serving as chateau or hunting lodges. The garden follies and the conservatory of Lednice Park were listed in the 1998 World Monuments Watch by the World Monuments Fund , because of their deteriorating condition resulting from insufficient financial resources. The Fund had previously studied

112-431: The Valtice estate and from 1680 it was expanded into a palace that was redesigned in a Tudor Gothic Revival style (then: "Old English style") between 1846 and 1858 by Prince Aloys II . The Princes of Liechtenstein transformed their properties Feldsberg (Valtice) and Eisgrub (Lednice) into one large and designed private park between the 17th and 20th centuries. During the 19th century, the princes continued transforming

126-784: The area as a large traditional English landscape park . Feldsberg was part of Austria until 1919, Eisgrub part of the Kingdom of Bohemia , both member states of the Austro-Hungarian Empire under the Habsburg rule, with the Austrian-Bohemian border running through the park between the two castles. The 1919 Treaty of Saint-Germain stipulated that the city of Feldsberg, which in 1910 was about 97% inhabited by German-speaking Lower Austrians, became part of Czechoslovakia . The Baroque and neo-Gothic architecture of

140-528: The area. It remained the principal Liechtenstein residence for 700 years, until 1939 and World War II. Valtice Castle was expanded in late Romanesque style in the first half of the 13th century, but was badly damaged in the Hussite Wars and later rebuilt by Charles I, Prince of Liechtenstein , in the Baroque style . From the 14th century, Lednice (German name: Eisgrub) was a fortified manor belonging to

154-557: The family is seen as German in nationality to this day by the Czech state. The family made several legal attempts for restitution of the properties, but the communist regime was not interested in restitution of property to exiled aristocracy. After the Czechoslovakian Velvet Revolution in 1989, the Liechtenstein descendants again renewed attempts for restitution, which were repeatedly denied by

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168-587: The floodplain of the river Thaya , forests alternate with meadows and wetland habitat that also include halophytic vegetation. The remaining part of Pálava PLA is used agriculturally, with many sustainably farmed vineyards that are a part of the Mikulovská wine subregion. Pálava PLA contains well preserved monuments of historical significance, such as the Paleolithic site in Dolní Věstonice where

182-586: The preservation of Lednice and Valtice Castles, and after 1998 it helped fund restoration of the Valtice Rendezvous folly as a demonstration project with support from American Express . After the year-to-year tourist season ended in the Czech Republic, the casle was ranked first fas the most visited place in the country, as new attractions were added to the site. English landscape garden Too Many Requests If you report this error to

196-476: The road doesn't connect the chateaux as once intended, a large part of this avenue remains in use to this day. The Lednice Ponds are situated between the town of Valtice and villages of Lednice and Hlohovec; as are the Mlýnský , Prostřední , Hlohovecký , and Nesyt Ponds. A substantial part of the cultural landscape complex is covered in pine forests, known as the "Pine−wood" ( Boří les ), and in areas adjacent to

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