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Manor
A fortified manor of the 14th century grew into a palace from 1680
Lednice was a fortified manor belonging to the Valtice estate from the 14th century. From 1680 it was expanded into a palace. The castle was originally a Renaissance villa, and in the 17th century it became a summer residence of the Princes of Liechtenstein.
Baroque hands
Three Baroque architects designed and furnished the estate house
The estate house was designed and furnished by the baroque architects Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Domenico Martinelli and Anton Johan Ospel.
Neo-Gothic
Between 1846 and 1858 it was rebuilt in a Gothic Revival style
Between 1846 and 1858 the palace was redesigned in a Tudor Gothic Revival style, then called the Old English style, by Prince Aloys II. It was extensively rebuilt in the neo-Gothic style under the supervision of Georg Wingelmüller.
The park
The park has follies and a minaret, the tallest outside the Muslim world
The park is the second largest castle park in the country, laid out in an English garden style. It contains Romantic follies by Joseph Hardtmuth, including a solitary minaret that is the tallest outside the Muslim world.
1939
The Liechtenstein family left in 1939, and the Czech state now owns it
The Nazis confiscated the Liechtenstein properties, and the family relocated to Vaduz in 1939. After World War II the Beneš decrees confiscated all Liechtenstein property in Czechoslovakia. The Czech state is the present owner.
Day 4, morning
Next is Minaret.
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