page_title: Cultural monument (Czech Republic)
section_title: Monument zones
hierarchical_section_title: Cultural monument (Czech Republic) / Monument zones
caption_attribution_description: Čeština: Jáchymov těžní věž šachty Svornost
context_page_description: The cultural monuments of the Czech Republic are protected properties designated by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic. Cultural monuments that constitute the most important part of the Czech cultural heritage may be declared national cultural monuments by a regulation of the Government of the Czech Republic. Government may also proclaim a territory, whose character and environment is determined by a group of immovable cultural monuments or archaeological finds, as a whole, as a monument reservation. Ministry of Culture may proclaim a territory of a settlement with a smaller number of cultural monuments, historical environment or part of a landscape area that display significant cultural values as a monument zone.
  As of 2019 there are 14 Czech cultural monuments on the World Heritage List.
context_section_description: The monument zone can be a city or part of it or a part of a landscape unit, which show significant cultural values. In the Czech Republic there are urban, village and landscape monument zones. All are proclaimed by the Ministry of Culture.
  The urban monument zone is a part of the city or town that is historically significant. It is declared by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic. The majority of the urban monument zones are of medieval origin, however urban formations from other ages are represented as well. Among the historical zones are examples of the Renaissance upper towns (Horní Blatná, Jiřetín pod Jedlovou), Baroque and Classicist towns (Nový Bor, Jablonec nad Nisou), spa towns (Karlovy Vary, Mariánské Lázně, Luhačovice) or urban areas connected with industrial production (Vítkovice and Přívoz in Ostrava) or rental apartments construction (Prague districts Karlín, Vinohrady, Vršovice, Žižkov, Nusle, Bubeneč, Smíchov and Dejvice). Modern urban and residential districts dated from the 20th century (Plzeň Lochotín and Plzeň Bezovka, Prague's Ořechovka and Baba), or workers' colonies (Brumov) are among the urban monument zone. Even the era of the so-called socialist realism is included (Poruba neighborhood  in Ostrava).
  The village monument zone has a lower concentration of cultural monuments than the village monument zone but exhibits significant cultural values as a historical environment or part of the landscape. A total of 211 village monument zones are declared in the Czech Republic as of 2011.
  The landscape monument zone is an area protected primarily for the cultural values of the landscape. This means that they such areas do not necessarily have to be of exceptional natural or ecological quality, although in most cases the protection of cultural and natural heritage is intertwined and complementary. The pool of the landscape monuments is very diverse – they can be architecturally composed landscapes with roads and alleys and related buildings (Novohradsko, Chudenicko, Lednice-Valtice area),  or important pilgrimage sites (Římovsko, Libějovicko-Lomecko), areas with the remains of mining activities (Jáchymov, Krupka) or memorial lands, reminiscent of major battles (battlefield near Hradec Králové), near Slavkov or Chlumec).
caption: Village monument zone Jachymov - shaft Svornost
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