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State of Conservation of World Heritage Properties in Europe SECTION II a/III: The grounds are one of the last examples of the disappearing Shenston’s park arrangement of CZECH REPUBLIC the agricultural landscape called the 'ferme ornée' which has almost disappeared under the pressure Lednice-Valtice Cultural of urbanization and built-up areas of close-to-town agricultural landscape or were changed into Landscape recreational and sports grounds. a/IV: The baroque stables in Lednice and Valtice Brief description and the empire cow sheds in the New Farm, the Between the 17th and 20th centuries, the ruling ‘Křížový’ wine cellar in Valtice and the iron glass dukes of Liechtenstein transformed their domains in house in Lednice are not only magnificent southern Moravia into a striking landscape. It architecture but also primary technical monuments. married Baroque architecture (mainly the work of a/VI: The preserved state of the grounds represents Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach) and the the largest European evidence of a connection classical and neo-Gothic style of the castles of between the landscape and architecture, Lednice and Valtice with countryside fashioned proceeding out of the ideas of the enlightenment, according to English romantic principles of pantheism and classical romanticism. landscape architecture. At 200 sq. km, it is one of the largest artificial landscapes in Europe. As provided in ICOMOS evaluation That this property be inscribed on the World 1. Introduction Heritage List on the basis of criteria (ii) and (iv): Year(s) of Inscription 1996 The Lednice-Valtice cultural landscape is an exceptional example of the designed landscape Agency responsible for site management that evolved in the Enlightenment and after under • The National Institute for the Protection and the care of a single family. It succeeds in bringing Conservation of Monuments and Sites together in harmony cultural monuments from Valdštejnské náměstí 3 successive periods and both indigenous and exotic 11801 Praha1, Czech Republic natural elements to create an outstanding work of Website: www.npu.cz human creativity. Committee Decision 2. Statement of Significance The Committee decided to inscribe the nominated Inscription Criteria C (i), (ii), (iv) property on the basis of cultural criteria (i),(ii) and Justification provided by the State Party (iv) considering that the site is of outstanding universal value being a cultural landscape which is The uniqueness of the Lednice - Valtice grounds an exceptional example of the designed landscape can be summed up according to the evaluation that evolved in the Enlightenment and afterwards criteria of UNESCO for the List of World Heritage under the care of a single family. It succeeds in according to articles 24/a/l - VI: bringing together in harmony cultural monuments a/I: The architecture of the château sets in Lednice from successive periods and both indigenous and and Valtice grounds with the preserved exotic natural elements to create an outstanding constructions of the architects J. B. Fischer of work of human creativity. The Committee decided Erlach and D. Martinelli with farms, glasshouse of to include criterion (i) to the proposed criteria since P. H. Desvignes and a set of hunting lodges and the ensemble is an outstanding example of human pavilions placed in a cultivated landscape of 185 creativity. km2, represents an utterly unique artistic set. • Statement of significance adequately defines a/II: The Lednice - Valtice grounds are among the the outstanding universal value of the site rarest European examples of continuously - grown • Additional change proposed by State Party: in cultivated landscape in central Europe comparable the brief description, the area of the estate only with the similar composed landscape of Anhalt should be changed to 14,320 hectares dukedom between Dessau and Wörlitz and with the landscape in the Potsdam surroundings which was Boundaries and Buffer Zone however interrupted by the development of Berlin • Status of boundaries of the site: adequate as a large city agglomeration. • Buffer zone: no buffer zone has been defined State of Conservation of World Heritage Properties in Europe SECTION II • To the north-west the estate neighbours the • Levels of public authority who are primarily Protected Landscape Area Pálava, part of the involved with the management of the site: Biospheric Conservation Area of Lower national; regional; local Moravia (declared by the Decree of UNESCO • The current management system is sufficiently General Manager on September 15, 2003). It effective is not necessary to declare a buffer zone along this part of the site Actions proposed: • The national government adopted the Status of Authenticity/Integrity proposal for the creation of inter-branch • World Heritage site values have been steering group for the coordination of the maintained future development of the territory of the Lednice-Valtice area and ensuring care for its natural and cultural values for the proposal of 3. Protection the rules of its activity (2004) Legislative and Administrative Arrangements • The Voluntary Union of the municipalities of • Laws: (1987) on the state monuments care that the Lednice-Valtice Area was formed for the codifies the care for cultural monuments and purpose of better obtaining and utilizing of protected conservation areas; (1992) on the financial means from different sources (2005) protection of the nature and the landscape • The whole territory of the estate was declared a conservation zone by the Ministry of Culture 5. Management Plan (1992). On declaration of the Lednice-Valtice • No management plan is being implemented area in south Moravia the conservation zone, but one is projected for 12.2007 the conditions were provided for ensuring the • Responsibility for over-seeing the protection and care for the monuments value implementation of the management plan and (1992). By regulation of the government No. monitoring its effectiveness: to be decided 336/2002 Coll., on the declaration of some cultural monuments national cultural monuments, the chateaux of Lednice and 6. Financial Resources Valtice were declared national cultural Financial situation monuments (2002). • Budget sources: various sources are accessed. • Resolution of the government of the Czech State budgets finance the chateaux of Valtice Republic of August 17, 2004 No. 769 on the and Lednice. Municipal budgets, private proposal for the creation of the inter-branch institutions, and associated agencies (i.e. the working group (steering group) on the Forests of the Czech Republic, agricultural coordination of the future development of the enterprises, recreational groups) also contribute territory of the Lednice-Valtice area and • Bi-lateral: Hickory Foundation in New York ensuring care for its natural and cultural values through the Foundation Partnership in Brno; on the draft regulations of its activity. the Czechoslovak Commercial Bank; the • Development plans of Lednice, Valtice Uvaly Phare Project; the Dutch Foundation and Břeclav (1996, 1997, 1998, 1998 • Sufficient funding for management exists, but respectively) not for conservation and protection; possible • The protection arrangements are considered funding partners are being considered sufficiently effective 7. Staffing Levels 4. Management • number of staff: 54 Use of site/property • Visitor attraction, rural landscape, agricultural Rate of access to adequate professional staff landscape across the following disciplines: • Very good: conservation, visitor management Management /Administrative Body • Good: promotion, interpretation; education • Steering group: legally constituted (01/2004) • Average: management • There is currently no site manager State of Conservation of World Heritage Properties in Europe SECTION II 8. Sources of Expertise and Training in • World Heritage Convention Emblem used on Conservation and Management some publications Techniques • information booklet available on World Heritage prepared in association with UNESCO World • Scientific institutions: The Mendel Agricultural Heritage Centre and Forestry University Brno, the Faculty of • Adequate awareness of World Heritage among: Gardening in Lednice, the Research Institute of visitors, local communities, businesses, local Silva Tarouca for Landscape and Decorative authorities Gardening Průhonice, the Agency of Protection • Events: international seminars, exhibitions of the Nature and Landscape, the Management • Web site available: www.lva.cz (region), of the Protected Landscape Area and www.lednice.cz, www.valtice.cz (municipalities), Biospheric Conservation Area Pálava in www.pamatkybrno.cz (National Institute for Mikulov, Forests of the Czech Republic in Protection and Conservation of Monuments and Židlochovice, UNESCO Biospheric Sites) Conservation Area Lower Moravia in Břeclav, • Local participation: The inhabitants influence the Foundation Partnership Brno, the Academy the estate management by the election of the of Sciences of the Czech Republic, the Institute local governments and they are engaged in the of Biology of Vertebrates in Valtice, the work of the professional commissions. The Municipal Museum in Břeclav (archaeology) public also participates in discussing of the • Training on site management: Regular annual development intentions and gives its opinions professional training for the heads of the on the problems of town planning management of the chateaux and castles in the region, and regular training of the guides. The study of