Krušnohoří Mining Cultural Landscape (Erzgebirge)
The Mining Cultural Landscape of the Ore Mountains (Krušné Hory) is a prominent mountain landscape formed by 800 years of ore mining and processing. The individual important cultural mountain, mining, and processing monuments, together with the historical centres... View more
Slavic Settlement at Mikulčice and Church of St. Margita
The Great Moravian fortified settlement near Mikulčice is the best preserved item of archaeological evidence documenting the existence of the West-Slavonic state. The Mikulčice fortified site lies near the town of Hodonín, southeast of the village of Mikulčice... View more
Třeboň Fishpond Heritage
The Třeboň Basin is a world-famous fishpond area in Southern Bohemia. The area's marvelous nature and landscape environment, formed by a sophisticated system of man-made waterworks, is enhanced by its many outstanding architectural monuments. The prosperity of the town of Třeboň, the area's economic hub, began after in 1366... View more
Velké Losiny Hand Paper Mill
The handmade paper mill at Velké Losiny is a unique technical monument that still exists as a functional aggregate of historical buildings associated with paper manufacture from the late 16th century up to the present. The current premises of the paper mill consist of eight buildings, most of which are interconnected... View more
The West Bohemian Spa Triangle
Three spa towns in West Bohemia – Karlovy Vary, Mariánské Lázně and Františkovy Lázně (Carlsbad, Marienbad, and Franzensbad) – have long been known as the West Bohemian Spa Triangle. Their uniqueness lies in their geographical proximity, the architectural character of the main spa buildings, and the distinctiveness of their urban planning... View more
Karlštejn Castle
The Castle was built by the Roman Emperor and Czech King Charles IV in 1348–57. The castle was intended as a stately and safe depository for the Imperial and Bohemian Crown Jewels as well as the extensive Imperial collection of holy reliquaries. The core of the castle consists of the rectangular Imperial Palace, a smaller residential tower with the Church of the Virgin and the particularly... View more
Žatec - the Hops Town
The town of Žatec is located in the north-western part of the Czech Republic, in the region geologically known as the Žatec Basin. The local specific warm climate, combined with plenty of ground water, was found to be very favourable for the growing of hops as early as the Middle Ages. The cultivation of hops in the Žatec region... View more
Kuks Sculptures
This complex of rock sculptures is one of the the most important monuments of High Baroque art in Central Europe. Earl Sporck gradually built four hermitages, several summer palaces and fountain springs decorated with sculptures in the forests near Kuks Manor. The sandstone sculptures were designed by the prominent... View more
Ještěd Tower
The tower structure at the very top of Ještěd Mountain. The building's form of a revolving hyperboloid imaginatively combines the operation of a mountain-top hotel and broadcast transmitter into one. The tower's architect Karel Hubáček was awarded the prestigious Auguste Perret Prize for his design by the International Union of Architects in 1969... View more
Terezín Fortress
The Fortress of Terezín stands in the open landscape as a self-contained technical and urban monument. Terezín is a unique type of fortress town, whose layout, accommodation, administrative buildings and production units supported the fortress proper from its very foundation. Terezín Fortress is also a globally recognised... View more
Slavonice
The basis of Slavonice's treasure consists of the extraordinarily valuable complex of burgher houses from the late Gothic and especially Renaissance periods. Historical residential houses still set the character of the whole historical core of the town. Their coherent frontages round the two squares form a marvelous authentic atmosphere... View more
Luhačovice Spa
An architecturally prominent and unique complex of buildings which have gradually formed the base of the present spa town situated in the east part of Moravia. The spa buildings in Luhačovice represent a unique specimen of modern spa architecture of the early 20th century, inspired by vernacular architecture. In this respect, Luhačovice...View more
Müller Villa
A family villa projected by architect Adolf Loos, an important work of modern architecture of the 1920s, unique in its radically new interior layout, the Raumplan... View more
Most Sacred Hearth Church
The most significant Czech church of the 20th century. Built between 1929-1932 and designed by famous slovenian architect Josip Plečnik. The church architecture is inspired by the early christian architecture of the Mediterranean area... View more
