The composed landscape of the palace at Valeč (Valeč v Čechách, Karlovarský kraj), provides an excellent laboratory for exploring the development of the Baroque period in the Czech Republic. The style which emerged during this period, the Bohemian Baroque, is an understudied period in both architecture and cultural landscape development. While it was strongly influenced by the Italian Baroque and French Formal precedents, it developed as a distinctive style reflective of the region's political, social, religious and cultural history.
Field School enters its 8th year .....
As an exemplary Bohemian Baroque cultural landscape, Valeč is an excellent location for an ongoing cultural landscapes field school. Themes for the field school change each year and have ranged from home garden yards, to the broader agricultural landscape and the intimate landscape of chapels and sacred sites. For more information on each of the field schools, go to the Field School tab above and click on a year.