Otázka: The 12 czech wonders on the UNESCO list
Jazyk: Angličtina
Přidal(a): Katy Arnoltová
UNITED NATION EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION
- It is 75 years old and it was founded in 1945
- It helps to protection of the numerous castles, palaces and places of interest presenting different architectural styles
1) THE HISTORICAL CENTRE OF PRAGUE (LISTED IN 1992)
- The top Czech destination, Prague, leads the list with monuments such as Prague Castle, St. Vitus Cathedral and Charles Bridge.
2) THE HISTORICAL CENTRE OF ČESKÝ KRUMLOV (1992)
- It has rennaissance look
- The town’s history are connected to the aristocratic families of Vítkovci and Rožmberkové
- It is very popular tourist attraction and boasts a castle and chateaux complex and a well-preserved historical centre
3) THE HISTORICAL CENTRE OF TELČ (1992)
- The town’s square offers a unique combination of Renaissance and Baroque houses with characteristic arcades and sgrafitti design
- There is also a chateux in the town
4) THE PILGRIMAGE CHURCH OF JAN NEPOMUK IN ZELENÁ HORA, CLOSE TO ŽĎÁR NAD SÁZAVOU (1994)
- It is star shaped pilgrimage church
- It was built by Santini-Aichl, a Czech Baroque builder from Italy (characteristic of Baroque‐Gothic style)
- The building includes a lot of complex symbolism based on the number five
5) KUTNÁ HORA (1995)
- A medieval mining town, which became rich because of its silver deposits it is famous for his historical centre and the Church of St. Barbara
- The town suffered from wars, flood and financial collapse following the closure of the mines
6) LEDNICE-VALTICE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE (1996)
- As every Czech knows, ‘lednice’ means ‘refrigerator’ but this chateux complex in South Moravia is unlikely to leave you feeling frosty
- This impressive combination of Baroque and Neo‐Gothic styles stands in the largest park in the CR (200 km2)
- It is an important example of English Romantic landscape design
7) HOLAŠOVICE (1998)
- This village in south Bohemia represents a rural style architecture, known as folk baroque, from the mid 19th century
8) KROMĚŘÍŽ CASTLE AND GARDENS (1998)
- Originally a summer residence of Olomouc bishops
- Kroměříž’s palace is considered a fine example of Baroque architecture in the castle houses an impressive art collection, including works by Titian
9) LITOMYŠL CASTLE (1999)
- This unique arcade palace is one of the most important examples of Renaissance architecture in the Czech Republic
- It is an important venue for cultural events, the most notable being the opera festival
- Smetana’s Litomyšl, named after the famous composer who was born in the town.
10) HOLY TRINITY COLUMN OLOMOUC (2000)
- The town of Olomouc is an important medieval town and a university centre
- It is one of the tallest Baroque memorial columns in the Czech Republic (35 m)
- Decorated with copper adornments and statues, it is a monument to a plague epidemic between 1714-1716
11) VILLA TUGENDHAT, BRNO (2001)
- Brno is the second biggest city in the CR
- It has many architectural jewels, among them the fortress Špilberk and the gothic St. Peter and Paul’s cathedral
- The functionalist Villa Tugendhat (named after its owners) was based on a design of a major modernist architect and furniture designer Ludwig Mies van der Rohe)
- It was made in 1928
- The building is divided into three levels but gives the impression of a one‐storey building
- The owners, being of Jewish origin, had to leave Czechoslovakia in 1938 because of persecution by Nazis
12) TŘEBÍČ (2003)
- this historical centre includes St. Prokopius’ Romanesque‐Gothic basilica as well as the remains of the Jewish quarter
- It is the only Jewish site on the UNESCO list beside Israel, it documents a big Jewish community in the Czech lands prior to the WWII.
