It was the first known West-Slavonic state stretching in the gth century over the territory of central and south Moravia and southwest Slovakia. In the period of its greatest expansion it included the territory of the present day Czech and Slovak Republics, south Lusatia (now part of Germany), the adjacent southern territories of the present day Poland (the upper part of the Odra Basin and the Vistula Basin) and Pannonia up to the Balaton which today lies on Hungarian territory. The empire of Great Moravia was one of the European great powers of the time, comparable to the East-Franconian Empire. At the height of its development it was already a consolidated protofeudal state with its own ruling dynasty, a complex of castles, an independently organized Church and a developed economy. The Great Moravian Empire was an important state entity of the Christianization period in Central Europe, with cultural ties to the Byzantian Empire; moreover, its culture laid the foundations of Slavonic literature and material heritage of the West-Slavonic peoples.
The Great Moravian fortified seulement at Mikulêice is the best preserved monument documenting the existence of this important state which had a lasting influence on the cultural history of the Slavonic peoples (and thus also on the cultural history of Central and Eastern Europe) and which likewise gained a permanent place in Europe's political history, particularly in the Central European contexte
As a représentative and centre of the Great Moravian Slavonic culture, Mikuléice cannot be matched by any other monument on the Worid Heritage List." Source: UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List
Great Moravian Mikulcice - National cultural monument with Orthodox pilgrimage at the celebration of St. Cyrll and Methodius. Thanks to Katka of Czech Republic.
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