ABSTRACT
The cultural heritage of the Czech Republic is multifarious. The location of the historical lands of the Crown of Bohemia in the very centre of Europe and the multinational character of their inhabitants’ culture has contributed to this. From the thirteenth century, together with the Czechs, the German settlers participated in the cultivation, and the economic and cultural development of the country and from the early Middle Ages, the economic contribution of the Jewish diaspora, quite considerable until recent times, cannot be ignored. During the Renaissance and the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, artistic activities were influenced strikingly by Italian architects and craftsmen naturalized in the country. In the typologically oldest sphere of building activities, namely vernacular architecture (Fig. 3.1), the varied character of the individual regions of Czech lands is manifested by the presence of all existing types of European houses: earthen, timbered, half-timbered and stone or brick construction. Dolní Vidim in central Bohemia, a characteristic example of a wooden vernacular farmhouse. The Czech Republic is very rich in vernacular architecture that survived largely thanks to the vogue for using such buildings for weekend recreation. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203857564/1c881394-e4e0-4a76-b38d-40b03cd2bbf1/content/fig3_1_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
