Analysis of the aesthetic value of the cultural landscape in the territory of the olomouc archdiocese

The aim of the presented study is to investigate aesthetic values of the cultural landscape of the Archdiocese of Olomouc. The aesthetics values are an important element of the perception of the landscape as a place to live, and, moreover, they play an important role in creating and shaping the human emotional relationship to the landscape and nature. The nature aesthetic value is based on landscape elements and their harmonious combinations with predominantly positive perception and it is considered an intangible cultural heritage. The result of the applied research is a map of the entire area of interest on a scale of 1: 10,000 classifying the landscape according to the aesthetic value. The conclusion is that almost all inhabited localities are perceived negatively and that the level of negative perception varies, depending on the size of the locality and the number of places within the given locality that are positively perceived. In contrast, open landscape with forests and forest complexes, paths and water surfaces, and possibly with small sacral objects, are getting significantly better results in terms of aesthetic values.