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The Archiepiscopal Chateau and Gardens in Kroměříž have have been on the UNESCO World Heritage List since December 1998.
The Early-Baroque chateau was built after the Thirty Years War on the site of the former Great Moravian castle-site and the Gothic and Renaissance castle by Bishop Karl II von Lichtenstein - Kastelkorn. It functioned as a representative aristocratic seat and the place of noblemen’ meetings and courts. Architectural conception of the whole castle complex as well as other objects of the Urban Historical Reserve are works of Filiberto Lucchese and Giovanni Pietro Tencalla, Italian architects. Interior of the Chateau, permanently opened to visitors since 1950 is the unique example of an aristocratic seat with furnishings. It is also famous for its valuable collection of paintings including the works of Gothic and Renaissance paintings from the Central Europe (Marian cycle, Lucas Cranach el. and others), portrait art of the German and Dutch painters of the 16th century (Q.Metsys, H.v. Aachen, H.Suess, V.Kulmach and others), genre pictures of the 16th and the 17th centuries (F.Floris, A.Mirou, D.Vinckboons, J.Brueghel el. and others), master works of the Rubens´ pupils and the painters of his age (T.v Loon, A.v.Dyck, H.Safltleven, F.Francis, F.Wouters, P.Boel and others) and the Italian painters of Venice and Bologna (A.Carracci, P.Amalteo, P.Caliari-Veronese, G.A.Fasolo and others). Also the most valuable and precious painting in the country - „Appolo and Marsyas“ by Tizian Vecelli is placed there. In 1848/1849 the chateau held the Constitutive Imperial Assembly of the Habsburg Empire. Together with its Gardens (Podzámecká Garden and Květná Garden) it is one of the most visited sights in Moravia.