“Between the 17th and 20th centuries, the ruling dukes
of Liechtenstein transformed their domains in southern Moravia into a striking
landscape. It married Baroque architecture (mainly the work of Johann Bernhard
Fischer von Erlach) and the classical and neo-Gothic style of the castles of
Lednice and Valtice with countryside fashioned according to English romantic
principles of landscape architecture. At 200 km2 , it is one of the largest
artificial landscapes in Europe.”
(source: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/763)
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(left) Martina Sáblíková is a Czech speed
skater, specializing in long distance races. She won two gold medals at the
2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver.
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2 comments:
Prague is beautiful and I loved the combination of gothic and baroque. Von Erlach is all around Europe.
Beautiful. Nice stamps, too.
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