A charity campaigning to raise funds for the repair and conservation of the substantial legacy of historic buildings and their contents, artefacts, gardens and parks in the Czech Republic, an important part of Europe’s cultural heritage.
The Czech Republic, situated in the heart of Europe, and comprising the historic regions of Bohemia, Moravia and Western Silesia
has a cultural legacy of international significance. Not only does it
have one of the richest assemblages of great houses and castles in
Europe, built by great Czech Renaissance magnates and the wealthy
nobility of the Habsburg Empire, but the numerous castles which are
such a dramatic feature of the landscape reflect Bohemia's power and
influence in the Middle Ages.
For centuries, the Czech Lands formed the cross-roads for artists from Italy, Germany, Austria and the Netherlands, and thus a galaxy of architects and craftsmen, including many of European importance, worked on the great buildings of the land. Bohemia became one of the major centres of European Baroque, resulting in a magnificent flowering of the arts in the building and decoration of monasteries, churches, palaces, and pilgrimage sites. In the twentieth century Czech artists made a significant contribution to the European movements of Art Nouveau and Cubism.
A charity campaigning to raise funds for the repair and conservation of the substantial legacy of historic buildings and their contents, artefacts, gardens and parks in the Czech Republic, an important part of Europe’s cultural heritage.
The Czech Republic, situated in the heart of Europe, and comprising the historic regions of Bohemia, Moravia and Western Silesia
has a cultural legacy of international significance. Not only does it
have one of the richest assemblages of great houses and castles in
Europe, built by great Czech Renaissance magnates and the wealthy
nobility of the Habsburg Empire, but the numerous castles which are
such a dramatic feature of the landscape reflect Bohemia's power and
influence in the Middle Ages.
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