along medieval town Český Krumlov's river or exploring the romantic chateaux and gardens of Lednice-Valtice. If you're on a road trip, however, you don't want to miss the Bohemian Switzerland ...

We all try to build masterpieces on the beach when armed with a bucket and spade. But these monuments are a different class. Created all over the world, these jaw-dropping sand sculptures are ...

Although it’s technically outside it, Mikulov is the usual starting point for tours of the UNESCO-listed Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape — a mind-bending, 55sq mile sprawl of castles ...

A Czech guide showing you around can be super helpful, considering all the signs are only in Czech, including the tours. Lednice Castle is part of a UNESCO-protected area of Lednice-Valtice Cultural ...

Epigenetic modifications play a vital role in the preservation of genome integrity and in the regulation of gene expression. DNA methylation, one of the key mechanisms of epigenetic control, impacts ...

For a city of only around 400,000 — a significant chunk of which are university students — there’s a discernible buzz to Brno. Long overshadowed by Prague, the Moravian capital is developing ...

It married Baroque architecture (mainly the work of Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach) and the classical and neo-Gothic style of the castles of Lednice and Valtice with countryside fashioned ...

I have a bad habit of overbuying produce. I just get so excited when my favorite fruits and vegetables become available! The next thing I know, I’m swimming in a sea of produce and the window of ...

A world of fantasy inspired by Salvador Dali, Joan Miró and Toyen: the 6th annual sand sculpting festival in the town of Lednice, south Moravia, boasts a collection of amazing surrealist sand ...

British conservatory design influence emerged from the Chateau Lednice Conservatory in the Czech Republic (1845), the Palm House conservatory (1880) at the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna ...

If the country wins it would set a precedent for reclaiming other properties including the Lednice and Valtice chateaux in the South Moravia region, which have been on the UNESCO World Heritage list ...

This includes two Unesco world heritage sites: the sprawling neo-gothic Lednice Castle — home to the Liechtenstein family for more than 700 years until it was confiscated — and the baroque ...