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DUM U DVOU SLUNCU

Nerudova 233/47
Former Renaissance Building

Former one-storey Renaissance building, only its Renaissance portal is preserved today. It sustained a rebuilding in 1673-93 when it gained one more storey, its frontispiece was rebuilt in the Baroque style and replenished with two gables with skylights. House sign above the portal - two suns in a frame.


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Baroque frontispiece. Memorial plate from 1895 by F. Houdek based on a plan by V. Oliva and on a model by V.R. Smolík. Famous restaurant in the basement.

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Last update: 25. 11. 2009 20:35

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