20. Lednice's Minaret
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| Lednice's Minaret |
Any scan or photo wouldn't make this postcard justice. It is a lenticular card or 3D. My first! I didn't even know there were postcards like this. This minaret is actually an observation tower located in the middle of Lednice's Gardens.
The Lednice - Valtice Area in South Moravia is the largest artificially created landscape in Europe. Created by the dukes of Liechtenstein on their Moravian domain in the 18th and 19th centuries, it features several chateaus, large parks and various monuments spread around the landscape fashioned in the Romantic and Classical styles.
The minaret is a Moorish Revival structure (62 m high) in the Lednice Castle garden. The construction of the minaret began in 1797 and ended in 1804. The centre of the building is a tower in whose upper gallery 302 stairs lead. Three other ring-like roofed galleries encircle the tower. The first floor of the minaret is formed by eight halls, where the owners kept their collection of oriental items. Floors are made of stone mosaic, the ceiling and walls are decorated with Moorish handwriting. It is one of the typical buildings of the Romantic period when the Orient strongly influenced art and park architecture in Europe.
Lednice was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site together with the twin manor of Valtice in 1996.
Lednice was inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage Site together with the twin manor of Valtice in 1996.
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| Pind'a (left) & Pat and Mat (right) |
Now the stamps *big smile here*: Pind'a the rabbit from Čtyřlístek (Four leaves Clover) comic book series, designed by Jiří Němeček, and Pat and Mat, a stop-motion series by Lubomír Beneš and Vladimír Jiránek. I am a huge fan of comic books! ♥
Postcard from: Ostrava, Moravia-Silesia, Czech Republic.
Received: March 2012
Language: English.
Envelope: no.
Stamps: two class A stamps featuring comic book characters.
Thank you very much, Tomáš!
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looking at the card makes me dizzy with the 3d effect. And a UNESCO world heritage card is always something special!
ReplyDeletePat and Mat remind me of Wallace and Gromit.
Yes, they look similar (Wallace and Groomit are stop-motion cartoons too) and for what I have read about Pat and Mat, they are as clumsy as Wallace. Czech children must be delighted.
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