The Bohemian south is the epitome of the rural environment that retains a certain harmony more than other regions of the Czech Republic, based on the preservation of historic spatial pattern and the enduring natural sense for the symbiosis of architecture and landscape. The evidence is not only the seventy-one South Bohemian village conservation areas and protection zones, but also the inscription of Holašovice as a site on the UNESCO List of World Cultural and Natural Heritage (by the registration decree of 5 December 1998). The catalogue of the exhibition that was published on the 20th anniversary of this inscription captures the complexity of South Bohemian rural architecture and introduces individual regions with their typical elements documented by specific preserved buildings.

Contents
The Land of Rural Farmsteads [Pavel Hájek] 6
Rural cultural landscape [Marek Ehrlich] 18
The spatial pattern of the South Bohemian village [Klára Pešková, Gabriela Šťastná] 26
The Historic Village of Holašovice [Michaela Špinarová, Daniel Šnejd] 34
The South Bohemian Rural Architecture 52
The Foothills of the Blanský Forest [Zdeňka Kočková] 54
The Soběslav-Veselí Blata Region [Pavel Hájek, Miroslav Pikous] 70
The Ševětín Region [Pavel Hájek] 100
The Zbudov-Hluboká Blata Region [Pavel Hájek] 108
Southern and Central Písek Regions [Pavel Hájek] 140
The Work of Jakub Bursa in the Regions of Vlachovo Březí and Volyně [Jana Štorková] 164
The Strakonice Region [Zdeňka Kočková] 176
The Regions of Třeboň and Weitra [Jakub Drozda] 188
The Jindřichův Hradec and Nová Bystřice Regions [Jakub Drozda] 198
Doudleby Area [Daniel Šnejd] 208
Empire-style Houses in the Sedlice Region [Jana Štorková] 222
Vierkants [Daniel Šnejd] 228
The Mladá Vožice Region [Pavel Hájek] 242
Timber Architecture of the Northern Písek and Tábor Regions [Jana Štorková] 246
Timbered Houses in Šumava [Eva Zuzáková] 264
Houses in Volary [Eva Zuzáková] 274
Pre-industrial Buildings [Jakub Drozda] 286
Literature 297