Wmf Publication
Conservation & Economic Enhancement Plan for Valtice Zamek & Its Environs
Abstract:
During the summer of 1993, World Monuments Fund, in conjunction with Greenways/Zelene Stezky, organized a charrette to plan for the restoration of the zamek, or castle, of Valtice, situated in Southern Moravia of the Czech Republic. Designed in the Baroque idiom by Johann Bernard Fischer von Erlach, Domenico Martinelli, and Anton Johann Ospel, the zamek of Valtice is one of the critical features of a cultural landscape comprising 200 square kilometers between Valtice and the neighboring town of Lednice. The participants of the charrette proposed that the Czech government should grant a lease to a newly-established, non-profit operating entity, giving it the right to operate and sublease Valtice zamek and its surrounding landscape. Revenue from profitable operations such as the proposed hotel, restaurants, and summer dance festival would then be reinvested into the conservation of the buildings and grounds.
Date: 1993
Author: World Monuments Fund and Greenways/Zelene Stezky
Country: Czech Republic
Related Projects: LEDNICE AND VALTICE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE
Keywords: World Heritage Sites, Valtice, Southern Moravia, restoration, Lednice, historic preservation, historic landscapes, Czech Republic, cultural landscapes, charrettes, castles, adaptive reuse