page_title: Czech architecture
section_title: Neoclassicism
hierarchical_section_title: Czech architecture / Neoclassicism
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Schloss Kolosoruk (Korozluky) im Kreis Brüx (Okres Most)
context_page_description: Czech architecture, or more precisely architecture of the Czech Republic, is a term covering many important historical and contemporary architectural movements in Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia. From its early beginnings to the present day, almost all historical styles are represented, including many monuments from various historical periods. Some of them are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
context_section_description: Although late Baroque in the Czech lands is mainly associated with the reign of Maria Theresa (1740–1780), after her death, this style was more and more often replaced by Neoclassical architecture, and ultimately by Empire style. The transition from Baroque to Neolassicism is announced by the reconstruction of Prague Castle by the Viennese architect Nicolo Pacassi. He and Kilián Ignác Dientzenhofer were followed by Ignác Jan Nepomuk Palliardi, in whom the already high Baroque tradition is combined with Classicist decor. Antonín Haffenecker, another architect who went from Baroque to Classicism (Estates Theatre), is associated with Pacassi and Johann Bernhard Fischer.
  In the entire Austrian Empire, i.e. in the Czech lands, there were no suitable conditions for the equally successful development of classical architecture as in France or Russia. In the Czech Republic, it is difficult to find a building from the early Classicist period. The reason for the slow development was the ideals of the Enlightenment, which were more restrictive of the old than the new. 
  During Maria Theresa's reign, compulsory schooling was introduced, which clearly contributed to the education of the empire's population. Her son, Emperor Joseph II, initiated the so-called Josephine reforms, during which hundreds of churches and monasteries were abolished throughout the Empire, entire orders were dissolved, and the abandoned buildings were transformed into offices, public hospitals or barracks. In Austria the bourgeoisie developed slowly, which was not strong enough to push through the changes and put an end to feudalism because it feared the atrocities that took place in revolutionary France. That's why classicism in the Czech lands was lagging behind and manifested itself sporadically in less important buildings. 
  The evolution of Classicism from the Baroque period is quite evident, as figurative ornaments are gradually being abandoned and the richness of the ornamentation gives way to late Classicism buildings, which have been transformed into strict empire-building lines.
  Examples might include Duchcov Chateau, Karlova Koruna Chateau, Kynžvart Castle.
caption: Korozluky Castle
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