Lednice Castle, Gothic Revival château in Lednice-Valtice Cultural Landscape, Czech Republic.

Lednice Castle is a Gothic Revival château in Lednice, South Moravia, Czech Republic. Its pale yellow L-shaped building wraps around a courtyard: the left section has pointed-arch windows with tracery, three spired pinnacles and a ground-level arcade of three pointed arches, while the long three-story right wing has rectangular windows and a row of pointed arches at ground level. Dark grey roofs top the wings, and the building stands behind a lawn and flower beds.

A fortified farmstead stood here by the 14th century; the Liechtensteins acquired the Lednice estate around 1370 and held it until 1945. Hartmann II had the Gothic fortress rebuilt as a Renaissance château in the 1570s, and around 1700 Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach added riding stables and a riding hall. The present Tudor Gothic appearance dates from the mid-19th-century reconstruction.

The Liechtensteins used Lednice as a summer and representational seat, displaying art collections and furniture in Chinese style. The name Eisgrub refers to an ice pit; the 7 km lime avenue to Valtice was planted to link the two family seats.

The castle welcomes visitors and offers guided tours through its rooms and spaces. Wear comfortable shoes, as the tour involves climbing stairs and walking through multiple chambers filled with period furnishings and details.

The minaret in the park was finished in 1804, not 1798, and stands among the staffage buildings begun under Prince Johann I Josef. It is not part of the château itself but a garden structure in the English-style park along the Thaya.