CZECH REPUBLIC ~ Holašovice Historical Village - UNESCO ~

... Beautiful panoramic view of the most charming village in the whole of the Czech Republic....  a quaint place seemingly untouched by the modern European world around it... an exceptionally well-preserved example of a traditional Central European village... the picturesque colorful facades of farm houses around the large oval pond garden is a lovely sight to see for its unbelievable harmonious design...  although everything is very well kept, it does not look like a museum, it seems to be a lively little village... with great matching UNESCO stamp👍... Thanks a lot Jiří! ❀◕ ‿ ◕❀  (And Thanks for visiting my blog and your nice commentsツ)

Holasovice is a small village in Southern Bohemian. It has a large number of outstanding 18th and 19thC vernacular buildings in a style known as 'South Bohemian Folk Baroque', and preserves a ground plan dating from the Middle Ages.

A system of habitable homes and granaries are connected via outside walls with gates and exits into the village square. The complex consists of 23 protected estates with 120 buildings all located around a rectangular square.

From the 16th century on, settlers from Bavaria and Austria arrived. They brought with them the tradition of masonry building for domestic structures. The village was deserted after the Second World War, allowing its medieval plan and vernacular buildings in the South Bohemian Folk or Rural Baroque style to remain intact. It was restored and repopulated from 1990.

In 1998 the almost entirely preserved medieval system of houses and grain stores was inscribed in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List as "Holašovice Historical Village Reservation".

Stamps:

Holašovice Historical Village
(Issued 09-10-2001)


The 100th Anniversary of the Coronation of Our Lady of Hostýn
(Issued 20-06-2012)