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Festival History

Since the first festival took place in 1989, the weekend has endured thanks to the enthusiastic initiative of its founders and the support of private and corporate donors, diplomats, and ardent local and international supporters.

The original festival organizer, the South Moravia Heritage Fund, with the National Monuments Institute, the World Monument Fund and guests and sponsors of the festival helped put Valtice back on the cultural map of Moravia. Extensive restorations were made to the Baroque organ and frescoes in the castle chapel, statues in the chateau park, and the vast historic greenhouse in neighbouring Lednice. In 1996 the Lednice-Valtice area was named a UNESCO world heritage site.