Lednice Minaret is about 62 meters high romantic lookout tower located in the park of the Lednice Chateau. It is the oldest preserved lookout tower in the Czech Republic, the only minaret on the Czech territory and the tallest building of this type outside the Islamic countries as well. Initiated Alois I of Liechtenstein, the building was built at the turn of the 18th and

In 1417, one of the most powerful families of South Moravia, the Liechtensteins, acquired the village of Velké Bílovice (Groß Billowitz). From 1536, for almost a hundred years, the owner of the whole Breclavian estate became the equally respected Zierotin family, who were also written indelibly in the history of South Moravia. After the Battle of the White Mountain in 1620, non-Catholics – and from Great

The original wooden synagogue from the beginning of the 16th century was destroyed by Swedish troops in 1643. At the end of the 17th century, a stone building was built on the site of today’s synagogue, which was rebuilt several times and served the Jewish community until the second half of the 19th century. However, due to insufficient capacity, it was demolished as a new synagogue stood in

The building of the Winery Obelisk was built in 2017 above Valtice. Its name refers both to the eponymous game park with a stone monument by the architect Joseph Hardtmuth behind Lednice as well as to the obelisk which was built under Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein behind the nearby park of Valtice castle on the old road to Schrattenberg, Lower Austria – but

The Neo-Renaissance building, originally a German gymnasium, was built in 1902 in the style of the Italian Renaissance. The school met the most modern teaching standards of its time. It therefore included specialized classrooms, a library, a gymnasium, a ceremonial hall, and a small chapel with the altar of St. Elizabeth. The Czech Reformed Real Gymnasium was established in 1919.