Showing posts with label Czech Republic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Czech Republic. Show all posts

Thursday, 13 March 2014

Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape, Czech Republic (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/763

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.

Sender: Ondras, Sent on: 3 Mar, 2014, Received on: 12 Mar, 2014, Travel time: 9 days

Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž, Czech Republic (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/860

Kroměříž stands on the site of an earlier ford across the River Morava, at the foot of the Chriby mountain range which dominates the central part of Moravia. The gardens and castle of Kroměříž are an exceptionally complete and well-preserved example of a European Baroque princely residence and its gardens.

Sender: Ondras, Sent on: 14 Feb, 2014, Received on: 24 Feb, 2014, Travel time: 10 days

Wednesday, 29 January 2014

Flag of the Czech Republic


The national flag of the Czech Republic is the same as the flag of the former Czechoslovakia. Upon the dissolution of Czechoslovakia the Czech Republic kept the Czechoslovak flag while the Slovak Republic adopted its own flag. The first flag of Czechoslovakia was based on the arms, and was white over red. This was identical to the Flag of Poland, so a blue triangle was added at the hoist. The flag was banned by the Nazis in 1939, and a horizontal tricolor of white, red, and blue was enforced. The original flag was restored in 1945.

Sender: martinkan, Sent on: 4 Jan, 2014, Received on: 13 Jan, 2014, Travel time: 9 days

Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec, Czech Republic (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/732

Kutná Hora developed as a result of the exploitation of the silver mines. In the 14th century it became a royal city endowed with monuments that symbolized its prosperity. The Church of St Barbara, a jewel of the late Gothic period, and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec, which was restored in line with the Baroque taste of the early 18th century, were to influence the architecture of central Europe. These masterpieces today form part of a well-preserved medieval urban fabric with some particularly fine private dwellings.

Sender: Ondras, Sent on: 27 Dec, 2013, Received on: 13 Jan, 2014, Travel time: 17 days

Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in Třebíč, Czech Republic (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1078

The ensemble of the Jewish Quarter, the old Jewish cemetery and the Basilica of St Procopius in Trebíc are reminders of the co-existence of Jewish and Christian cultures from the Middle Ages to the 20th century. The Jewish Quarter bears outstanding testimony to the different aspects of the life of this community. St Procopius Basilica, built as part of the Benedictine monastery in the early 13th century, is a remarkable example of the influence of Western European architectural heritage in this region.

Sender: Ondras, Sent on: 27 Dec, 2013, Received on: 13 Jan, 2014, Travel time: 17 days

Holašovice Historical Village Reservation, Czech Republic (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/861

Holašovice is an exceptionally complete and well-preserved example of a traditional central European village. It has a large number of outstanding 18th- and 19th-century vernacular buildings in a style known as 'South Bohemian folk Baroque', and preserves a ground plan dating from the Middle Ages.

Sender: Ondras, Sent on: 27 Dec, 2013, Received on: 13 Jan, 2014, Travel time: 17 days

Historic Centre of Telč, Czech Republic (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/621

The houses in Telc, which stands on a hilltop, were originally built of wood. After a fire in the late 14th century, the town was rebuilt in stone, surrounded by walls and further strengthened by a network of artificial ponds. The town's Gothic castle was reconstructed in High Gothic style in the late 15th century.

Sender: Ondras, Sent on: 27 Dec, 2013, Received on: 13 Jan, 2014, Travel time: 17 days

Historic Centre of Český Krumlov, Czech Republic (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/617

Situated on the banks of the Vltava river, the town was built around a 13th-century castle with Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque elements. It is an outstanding example of a small central European medieval town whose architectural heritage has remained intact thanks to its peaceful evolution over more than five centuries.

Sender: Ondras, Sent on: 27 Dec, 2013, Received on: 13 Jan, 2014, Travel time: 17 days

Saturday, 14 December 2013

Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc, Czech Republic (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/859

This memorial column, erected in the early years of the 18th century, is the most outstanding example of a type of monument specific to central Europe. In the characteristic regional style known as Olomouc Baroque and rising to a height of 35 m, it is decorated with many fine religious sculptures, the work of the distinguished Moravian artist Ondrej Zahner.

Sender: Ondras, Sent on: 30 Nov, 2013, Received on: 9 Dec, 2013, Travel time: 10 days

Tuesday, 19 November 2013

Thursday, 7 November 2013

Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora, Czech Republic (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/690

This pilgrimage church, built in honour of St John of Nepomuk, stands at Zelená Hora, not far from Ždár nad Sázavou in Moravia. Constructed at the beginning of the 18th century on a star-shaped plan, it is the most unusual work by the great architect Jan Blazej Santini, whose highly original style falls between neo-Gothic and Baroque.

Sender: Ondras, Sent on: 11 Oct, 2013, Received on: 01 Nov, 2013, Travel time: 21 days

Tugendhat Villa in Brno, Czech Republic (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1052

The Tugendhat Villa in Brno, designed by the architect Mies van der Rohe, is an outstanding example of the international style in the modern movement in architecture as it developed in Europe in the 1920s. Its particular value lies in the application of innovative spatial and aesthetic concepts that aim to satisfy new lifestyle needs by taking advantage of the opportunities afforded by modern industrial production.

Sender: Ondras, Sent on: 11 Oct, 2013, Received on: 01 Nov, 2013, Travel time: 21 days

Thursday, 24 October 2013

Litomyšl Castle, Czech Republic (UNESCO)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/901

Litomyšl Castle was originally a Renaissance arcade-castle of the type first developed in Italy and then adopted and greatly developed in central Europe in the 16th century. Its design and decoration are particularly fine, including the later High-Baroque features added in the 18th century. It preserves intact the range of ancillary buildings associated with an aristocratic residence of this type.

Sender: radekcz2003, Sent on: 16 Oct, 2013, Received on: 23 Oct, 2013, Travel time: 7 days

Tuesday, 23 July 2013

Vychod Ceske Museum, Pardubice, Czech Republic


Sender: Jana, Sent on: 16 Jul, 2013, Received on: 22 Jul, 2013, Distance: 1,520 km, Travel time: 6 days

Tuesday, 2 July 2013

Vaclav's Monument, Historic Centre of Prague, Czech Republic UNESCO WH Site)

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/616

Built between the 11th and 18th centuries, the Old Town, the Lesser Town and the New Town speak of the great architectural and cultural influence enjoyed by this city since the Middle Ages. The many magnificent monuments, such as Hradcani Castle, St Vitus Cathedral, Charles Bridge and numerous churches and palaces, built mostly in the 14th century under the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IV.

Sender: Sarka, Sent on: 19 Jun, 2013, Received on: 01 Jul, 2013, Distance: 1,564 km, Travel time: 12 days