UNESCO HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN THE CZECH REP.
The Czech Republic is one of the countries relatively rich in cultural monuments included in the UNESCO programme within the framework of the planet as a whole. As far as concerns the number of these monuments on its territory it is ranked among the first twenty out of a total of 118 sovereign states recorded in the year 2000 among those who signed the World Heritage Convention.
From 1992 to 2003 the following buildings were included in the list of these significant world monuments:
1. Prague:
the historical centre of the capital city of Prague is one of the most extensive historical monument localities in the whole world;
Prague
2. Český Krumlov:
an extensive castle complex founded in 1250 and reconstructed in Baroque style in the 17th century;
Český Krumlov
3. Telč:
the uniquely preserved Renaissance and Baroque historical centre of the town
Telč
4. Zelená hora:
a church and cathedral of pilgrimage from the beginning of the 18th century, built in the shape of a five-pointed star and in which elements of the Gothic and the Baroque are uniquely combined
Zelená Hora
5. Kutná hora:
the historical heart of the Medieval royal mining town (13th to 18th centuries), the Gothic Cathedral of St Barbora (14th century) and the Cathedral of the Assumption of the Our Lady (beginning of the 18th century - Gothic Baroque) in Sedlec
Kutná Hora
6. Lednice - Valtice:
the unique combination of two seats of the nobility (the first of these, originally a Gothic stronghold from the 11th century, was reconstructed several times until it acquired its present Neo-Gothic appearance in the 19th century and is one of the most frequently visited chateaux in Europe and the second is a beautiful Baroque chateau dating from the 17th century) and extensive surrounding cultivated landscapes with large parks, fishponds, small chateaux and gazebos and a large nature reserve
Lednice - Valtice
7. Holašovice:
a unique historical reservation of the folk architecture of rustic buildings from the 16th century
Holašovice
8. Kroměříž:
Baroque chateau from the 17th century and unique chateau gardens
Kroměříž
9. Litomyšl:
Renaissance chateau from the 16th century
Litomyšl
10. Baroque group statue
of the Holy Trinity in Olomouc dating from the years 1716-54
Olomouc
11. Tugendhat Villa in Brno
The Functionalist Tugendhat Villa in Brno, which was designed by the Dutch architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in 1928 and is today the sole example of utilitarian architecture of world significance
Tugendhat Villa in Brno
12. The Jewish Quarter
with two synagogues and the ancient cemetery in Třebíč: this is a unique complex demonstrating the co-existence of Christian and Jewish culture in the Middle Ages. Preserved here are 120 houses, the Romanesque Christian Basilica of St Procopius from the 13th century, two Jewish synagogues and the old Jewish Cemetery
Jewish quarter