Lady in Poštorná. it is a unique neo-Gothic structure with a cupola built in 1895–1898 with use of special bricks from local factory. The old small synagogue from 1697 was replaced by a larger building in 1868. In 1888, it was renovated in the neo-Romanesque style and with Moorish Revival elements inside. Nowadays it houses a part of the town museum. The Jewish cemetery was founded in the 17th century. The oldest from the 300 preserved tombstones is from the 18th century. The former Jewish school (today called Liechtenstein's House) in the middle of the former Jewish ghetto serves as a main building of the town's museum and gallery. The western and southern rural part of Břeclav lies in the Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape, which has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996. One of its main features, located in Břeclav's territory, is the Apollo Temple. It was built by design of Joseph Kornhäusel in 1817–1819. Lednice–Valtice Cultural Landscape also includes Pohansko, an archaeological site from Great-Moravian times in the middle of the riparian forests. The archaelogical findings are presented in the Pohansko Castle. This small hunting castle was built here by the Liechtensteins in the Empire style in 1810–1812. In the Pohansko area is also the small Light Fortification Museum in a renovated bunker. Notable people Julius Lieban (1857–1940), Austro-German operatic tenor Rudolf Carl (1899–1987), Austrian actor Zdeňka Pokorná (1905–2007), resistance fighter František Kobzík (1914–1944), rower and soldier Jan Švéda (1931–2007), rower, Olympic medalist Václav Pavkovič (1936–2019), rower, Olympic medalist Friedrich Kratochwil (born 1944), German political scientist and professor Ivan Kučírek (born 1946), cyclist Twin towns – sister cities Břeclav is twinned with: Andrychów, Poland Brezová pod Bradlom, Slovakia Lysá nad Labem, Czech Republic Nový Bor, Czech Republic Priverno, Italy Trnava, Slovakia Partner towns Břeclav also cooperates with: Šentjernej, Slovenia Zwentendorf, Austria Gallery References External links Official tourist portal Populated places in Břeclav District Cities and towns in the Czech Republic Moravian Slovakia Austria–Czech Republic border crossings