Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial Carriage Horses at Kladruby nad Labem
The property is located in the floodplain of the Elbe (Labe) River, with sandy soils, oxbow lakes and remains of riverine forests. The overall composition of the land structure and functional uses (pastures, meadows, forests, fields, parks), the network of roads, avenues, rows of trees as well as solitary trees, the network of waterways, the farm buildings and the functional relationships and connections between these components - all of which fully meet the needs of breeding and training Baroque Kladruber draft horses, which were used in ceremonial matters of the Habsburg Imperial Court. The composition of the landscape is evidence of a deliberate treatment of landscape art. The property is a rare example of the union of two cultural landscapes - a living organic landscape, where the primary function predominates, and an artificial landscape, carefully designed and created using the principles of French and English landscape architecture, and an outstanding example of a professionally decorated farm - ferme ornée. The Royal Stud Farm was founded in 1579 and its landscape has been used for this purpose since then.