Minaret, Lednice

Name: Minaret
Address: Lednice, Czech Republic

#1 among attractions in Lednice

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Lednice minaret is a romantic lookout tower about 62 metres high. It is located in the grounds of the Lednice Castle Park and is part of the Lednice-Valtice area, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is the second oldest preserved lookout tower in the Czech Republic and the only minaret in the Czech Republic. It is also the tallest building of this type outside of Islamic countries. It has been on the list of immovable cultural monuments of the Czech Republic since 1958.

Alternative names: Coordinates: 48°48'52"N, 16°48'56"E

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Minaret – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hraniční zámeček, Lednice Chateau, Valtice Castle, Janohrad Castle.

3.5 miSW
Historical place, Hotel, Restaurant
Hraniční zámeček, Hlohovec
91 min walk • The Border Chateau is a classicist chateau in the Lednice-Valtice area. The building of the chateau is situated on the western bank of the Hlohovec pond, directly on the border of the cadastral territories of the municipalities of Hlohovec and...
1 miSW
Cafe, Forts and castles
Lednice Chateau, Lednice
26 min walk • Lednica Palace - a neo -Gothic palace located in Lednice in the Southomorav country, in the Czech Republic, at the border with Austria, several dozen kilometers from Brno. It is one of the most important monuments of the...
5.9 miSW
Forts and castles
Valtice Castle, Valtice
150 min walk • Valtice Castle - a castle located in the Moravian city of Valtice, in the Brzeczław poviat, in the Czech Republic.
1 miSE
Forts and castles
Janohrad Castle
25 min walk • Janův hrad, commonly called Janohrad, is an artificial castle ruin from the early 19th century, located in the Lednice-Valtice area, in the cadastre of the town of Podivín. Janův hrad is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.
3 miN
Village
Rakvice
78 min walk • Rakvice is a municipality and village in Břeclav District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,200 inhabitants.
2.3 miSW
Historical place, Forts and castles
Rybniční zámeček, Lednice-Valtice
58 min walk • Rybniční zámeček is a chateau in the Lednice-Valtice area in the Classicist style. The building with a simple rectangular plan is situated on the northern slope of Prostřední rybník near the village of Lednice.
5.2 miSE
48°45'27"N • 16°53'24"E
Galerie 99, Břeclav
133 min walk • Museum
2.9 miS
Church
Tři Grácie, Lednice-Valtice
73 min walk • The Three Graces is a covered column in the Lednice-Valtice area, in front of which stands a sculpture for which the name Three Graces was adopted. The castle from the first quarter of the 19th century stands in the cadastral area of Charvátská...
4.7 miS
Park
NPP Rendezvous, Lednice-Valtice
121 min walk • Diana's Temple is one of the salets and hunting lodges in the Lednice-Valtice area. It is located near Valtice by the Rendezvous pond in the Rendez-vous National Natural Monument. It is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.
3.4 miSW
Park
NPR Lednické rybníky, Hlohovec
88 min walk • The Lednice Ponds National Nature Reserve is part of the Lednice-Valtice area. It was proclaimed on 9 January 1953 on an area of 552.5 ha to protect an important breeding ground for water birds. The pond system consists of five ponds.
2.2 miS
View point, Forts and castles, Historical place
Apollonův chrám, Lednice
57 min walk • The Temple of Apollo is one of the saletes in the Lednice-Valtice area, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is located in the district of Breclav in the South Moravian Region in a landscape conservation zone near the Czech-Austrian state...