UNESCO Heritage Sites

UNESCO • HERITAGE SITES

The Czech Republic is not a large country, but it has a rich and eventful history. People have been living here for centuries, cultivating their land, working and creating things which still command our respect today. The people who have inhabited the Czech lands were Czechs, Germans and Jews; Italian stonemasons and stucco workers, French tradesman and deserters of Napoleons army; Irish doctors and East Europeans fleeing the Bolsheviks. They left behind them hundreds of chateaus, castles and monasteries, and entire towns that are now regarded as complete works of art.

The fact that the Czech Republic has 12 sites on the UNESCO list is a source of satisfaction. The UNESCO distinction inspires us to cultivate and preserve our towns as centres of culture, and to treat them with respect.

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since UNESCO HERITAGE SITES
1992 Historic centre of PRAGUE
1992 Historic centre of ČESKÝ KRUMLOV
1992 Historic centre of TELČ
1994 Pilgrimage Church of St. John of Nepomuk in ŽÏÁR NAD SÁZAVOU
1995 KUTNÁ HORA: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St. Barbara and the Cathedral of our Lady at Sedlec
1996 LEDNICE-VALTICE Cultural Landscape
1998 HOLAŠOVICE Historical Village Reservation
1998 Gardens and Castle at KROMĚŘÍŽ
1999 LITOMYŠL chateau
2000 Holy Trinity Column in OLOMOUC
2001 Tugendhat Villa in BRNO
2003 The Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in TŘEBÍČ

The World Heritage Committee has inscribed the following properties on the World Heritage List. The list is current as of November 2004.