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This article lists the sites registered with World Heritage in Czech Republic.

Understand

The Czechoslovakia ratified the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. The Czech Republic sent UNESCO its notification of succession on March 26, 1993. The first protected sites were inscribed in 1992.

The Czech Republic has 12 World Heritage sites, all of them cultural.


Listing

The following sites are listed as World Heritage.

SiteTypeCriterionDescriptionDrawing
1 Historic Center of Český Krumlov Cultural(iv) Cesky Krumlov Balc2.jpg
2 Prague historical center Cultural(ii), (iv), (vi) Prague 07-2016 View from Old Town Hall Tower img3.jpg
3 Historic center of Telč Cultural(i), (iv) Telč, Vnitřní Město 01.jpg
4 Litomyšl Castle Cultural(ii), (iv) Zámek Litomyšl 1.JPG
5 Column of the Holy Trinity in Olomouc Cultural(i), (iv)  
6 Church of St.John Nepomuk, place of pilgrimage in Zelená Hora Cultural(iv) Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená hora CZ.jpg
7 Kroměříž Gardens and Castle Cultural(ii), (iv) Kromeriz04.JPG
8 Kutná Hora: the historic city center with the Church of Saint Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady of Sedlec Cultural(ii), (iv) Kutna Hora CZ St Barbara Cathedral front view 01.JPG
9 Jewish Quarter and St. Procopius Basilica in Třebíč Cultural(ii), (iii) Třebíč Basilika Jihlava Ghetto.jpg
Cultural landscape of 10 Lednice -11 Valtice Cultural(i), (ii), (iv) Lednice, zámek (04) .jpg
12 Holašovice Historic Village Reserve Cultural(ii), (iv) Holašovice4.JPG
13 Villa Tugendhat in Brno Cultural(ii), (iv) Villa Tugendhat-20070429.jpeg
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(i)Represent a masterpiece of human creative genius.
(ii)To testify to a considerable exchange of influences during a given period or in a specific cultural area, on the development of architecture or technology, monumental arts, city planning or the creation of landscapes.
(iii)To bring a unique or at least exceptional testimony to a cultural tradition or a living or disappeared civilization.
(iv)To be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates one or more significant periods in human history.
(v)Be a prominent example of traditional human settlement, traditional use of land or sea.
(vi)To be directly or materially associated with events or living traditions, ideas, beliefs or artistic and literary works of outstanding universal significance.
(vii)Represent natural phenomena or areas of exceptional natural beauty and aesthetic importance.
(viii)To be eminently representative examples of the great stages in the history of the Earth.
(ix)To be eminently representative examples of ecological and biological processes underway in the evolution and development of ecosystems.
(x)Contain the most representative natural habitats and the most important for conservation in situ of biological diversity.
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