Tourist destinations - Castles, chateaux and city ramparts

Lednice Chateau

This Neo-Gothic castle is included in the UNESCO list of world cultural heritage. Formerly a Gothic stronghold, it had been rebuilt in Renaissance and in Baroque style. The castle gained its final form in 1846 – 1859 with a pseudo-Gothic adaptation. The castle is surrounded by a magnificent park with many romantic buildings (a minaret, John’s castle, Apollo’s chapel, three Graces, St. Hubert chapel)...

Zámek 1, Lednice

John's Castle

A romantic fake ruin built in 1807 is one of the summer castles in this area. It was used as a gamekeeper’s lodge and a hunting castle. Today it houses exhibition on forestry and it is also used for ceremonial occasions.

Lednice

Rendez - vous (Diana's temple)

Architect Josef Kornhäusel built it according to the plans of head builder Josef Hardmuth. The monument resembling a Roman arch of triumph, served Jan I and his guests during their numerous hunts as the place for hunting breakfasts. The reliefs and figural ornamentation was executed by sculptor Josef Klieber. The frontispiece is complemented by 4 massive columns with Corinthian orders.

Valtice

Small chateau Pohansko

Empire chateau is a symmetrical building with ground floor, arcaded wings. A buttress is found in the central part with a one-storey extension, which is dominated by long loges with a full parapet enclosed by 12 Ionic columns. Under the cornice of the ground floor are round medallions with stucco depicting ancient hunting scenes. Following the Second World War, the chateau became property of the state...

Pohansko 206, Břeclav

Valtice Chateau

The large representative Baroque castle was built in place of a former Renaissance castle. It belongs to the Lednicko-Valtický area, which is entered in the UNESCO list. Worth seeing are the castle façade with sculptures, the interiors with stucco decorations and wall and ceiling paintings. The large castle park houses an outdoor theatre from the 18th century and a complex of romantic buildings from...

Zámek 1, Valtice

Frontier chateau

The building on the west side of the Hlohovecky pond was built in 1816-1827. The sign on the facade "Zwischen Österreich und Mähren" reminds us of the fact that its one half was built on the Austrian side and the other on the Moravian side. The frontier at that time went through the middle of one pond. The frontier was moved far south behind Valtice when Valtice became a part of Czechoslovakia in 1920...

Hlohovec 16, Hlohovec u Břeclavi

Apollon's cathedral

The pseudo-ancient cathedral on the banks of the Mlýnsky Stream was built like a viewing point on the peak above the Mlýnský Pond. The statue ornamentation, which was transferred here from the abolished Múz Cathedral, is thematically related to the ancient God Apollon. The chateau roof of the cathedral serves as a viewing point. You can see the surfaces of three ponds and all of the buildings in the...

Nový dvůr 196, Břeclav

Belvedere Chateau

The empiric Belvedere served the Lichtensteins as a summer villa with a view of the countryside. At the same time it was agricultural in character. Pheasants and ornamental peacocks were raised in the aviaries located in the courtyard.

Valtice

Břeclav Chateau

Originally a castle which was built by Queen Constance. Later on Jan Junior of Žerotína (1570) had it rebuilt into a two-storey renaissance chateau with an arcade courtyard. At the beginning of the 19th century it was renovated in the pseudo-gothic style and then used as a hunting chateau.

Břeclav