Every UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Czech Republic
The top 3 according to 40 votes from people: Historic Centre of Prague · Historic Centre of Český Krumlov · Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec. (Updated Jun 22, 2025.)
The Czech Republic has 17 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, from the historic centres of Prague, Český Krumlov and Telč in 1992 to Žatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops in 2023. Here they all are in order of inscription, with a short description. Three are shared with other countries, and the only natural site is the beech forests of the Jizera Mountains.
Automatically translated (original in Čeština). See the original
Top 17
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Historic Centre of Prague
Inscribed in 1992. Prague Castle, Charles Bridge, Old Town Square and the Lesser Town: a thousand years of architecture from Romanesque to Art Nouveau.
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Historic Centre of Český Krumlov
Inscribed in 1992. A medieval town in a bend of the Vltava below the country's second-largest castle complex.
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Kutná Hora: Historical Town Centre with the Church of St Barbara and the Cathedral of Our Lady at Sedlec
Inscribed in 1995. A silver-mining town that rivalled Prague in wealth in the Middle Ages.
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4
Holy Trinity Column in Olomouc
Inscribed in 2000. A Baroque plague column over 30 metres tall.
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Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří Mining Region
Inscribed in 2019. Eight centuries of silver, tin and uranium mining; shared with Germany.
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Pilgrimage Church of St John of Nepomuk at Zelená Hora
Inscribed in 1994. A star-shaped church by Jan Blažej Santini-Aichel in Žďár nad Sázavou.
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7
Holašovice Historical Village
Inscribed in 1998. A South Bohemian village of "rural Baroque" farmhouses.
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Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe
Inscribed in 2021. The Czech part is the beech forests of the Jizera Mountains; the country's only natural World Heritage Site.
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9
The Great Spa Towns of Europe
Inscribed in 2021. Karlovy Vary, Mariánské Lázně and Františkovy Lázně, among eleven spa towns in seven countries.
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Historic Centre of Telč
Inscribed in 1992. A square lined with arcaded Renaissance and Baroque houses.
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11
Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape
Inscribed in 1996. The Liechtensteins' landscaped park in South Moravia, one of the largest man-made landscapes in Europe.
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12
Tugendhat Villa in Brno
Inscribed in 2001. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's functionalist villa of 1929–1930.
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13
Jewish Quarter and St Procopius' Basilica in Třebíč
Inscribed in 2003. The only Jewish monument outside Israel to be inscribed in its own right on the World Heritage List.
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14
Litomyšl Castle
Inscribed in 1999. An arcaded Renaissance castle decorated with sgraffito.
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Žatec and the Landscape of Saaz Hops
Inscribed in 2023. A town and landscape built around growing and processing hops.
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Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial Carriage Horses at Kladruby nad Labem
Inscribed in 2019. The stud farm where the Old Kladruber horse has been bred since the 16th century.
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17
Gardens and Castle at Kroměříž
Inscribed in 1998. Residence of the bishops of Olomouc, with its Castle Garden and Flower Garden.
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