Jihomoravský kraj

river Morava near Strážnice

Meandry řeky Moravy

The Church of St. Linhart – Mušov

late autumn view

Lednice is a village in South Moravia in the Czech Republic. In 1996 it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List (together with the twin manor of Valtice) as "an exceptional example of the designed landscape that evolved in the Enlightenment and afterwards under the care of a single family." It contains a palace and the largest park in the country, which covers 200 km2. Since Lednice first passed into the hands of the House of Liechtenstein in the mid-13th century, its fortunes had been tied inseparably to those of that noble family. The palace of Lednice began its life as a Renaissance villa; in the 17th century it became a summer residence of the ruling Princes of Liechtenstein. The estate house – designed and furbished by baroque architects Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Domenico Martinelli, and Anton Johan Ospel – proclaimed rural luxury on the grandest scale. In 1846–58 it was extensively rebuilt in a Neo-Gothic style under the supervision of Georg Wingelmüller. Information taken from Wikipedia

Meandry řeky Moravy

Mikulov, South Moravia

Chateau Mikulov

Spring in eastern Czech Republic is wonderful. There are miles and miles of rolling green and yellow fields. It has become a magnet for photographers and I was one of them, happy to be able to find some of the most photogenic spots there.