It can be called just a magnificent building, but it is a real palace! The municipal house in Prague is one of the most valuable examples of Prague's Art Nouveau architecture. From the first glance at it, your attention is drawn to the details and elegant forms. You immediately want to put on a ballroom attire and walk along the stairs and halls of the palace like a monarch.

The building, which embodied the elements of the era, was designed by Antonin Balcanica and Oswald Watering. However, the very atmosphere of the place is truly regal. Partly because the municipal house grew up on the site of the former royal court.

The house was built from 1905 to 1911. It is harmoniously filled with Art Nouveau details. There are works of outstanding masters of the epoch both on facades and in interiors: in mosaics, in paintings, in the decoration of staircases, in stained-glass windows, in ceramic ornaments. The design uses a variety of materials. All together they "sound" like a well-coordinated orchestra.

The spacious palace houses a concert hall, an elegant cafe and a fine French restaurant (it can be seen as the restaurant of the hotel "Paris" in the film adaptation of the novel "I Served the King of England" by Bohumil Hrabal). Today a traditional Prague beer restaurant operates at the underground level.

The main concert hall impresses with its decoration. It was named in honor of the composer Bedřich Smetana. The hall is designed for 1200 people. It has an organ for almost 5 thousand pipes and the mayor's salon, decorated with unique works by Alphonse Mucha. The mayor's salon is a harmonious combination of space and its artistic appearance. While working on the design of the interior Mucha has been preoccupied with the Czech traditions and the Slavic epic. The artist's interests are particularly embodied in the paintings on the ceiling and walls. For example, the frescoes around the perimeter of the room are an allegory of human virtues. Mucha's talent allowed not just to create a unique room: it gave the Municipal special energy, embedded in extremely expressive artistic images.