Valtice

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Valtice
Town
Valtice Castle
Coat of arms
Country	Czech Republic
Region	South Moravian
District	Břeclav
Commune	Břeclav
Elevation	192 m (630 ft)
Coordinates	48°45′00″N 16°45′00″E / 48.75, 16.75
Area	47.85 km² (18.47 sq mi)
Population	3,671 (2005)
Density	77 /km² (199 /sq mi)
First mentioned	12th century
Mayor	Jiří Petrů
Timezone	CET (UTC+1)
- summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	691 42
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Name	Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape
Year	1996 (#20)
Number	763
Region	Europe and North America
Criteria	i, ii, iv
Location in the Czech Republic
Wikimedia Commons: Valtice
Statistics: statnisprava.cz
Website: www.radnice-valtice.cz

The town 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.

[edit] People

• Leopold Adametz
• Franz Bauer
• Marie Majerová (1882-1967)
• Johannes Matthias Sperger (1750-1812), contrabassist, composer

[edit] See also

• Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape

[edit] References

• World Heritage Site
• Photographs of Valtice

v • d • e World Heritage Sites in the Czech Republic Český Krumlov · Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž · Holašovice Historical Village Reservation · Holy Trinity Column in 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