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Obecní dum

Address: Nám. Republiky 5, Staré Mesto, Prague, Bohemia
Phone: 222-002-100
www.obecnidum.cz

Municipal House

Category: Arts/Performance Venues
Location: Staré Mesto

Write a review | Avg. member rating: 5.0/5

Fodor's Review:

The city's art nouveau showpiece still fills the role it had when it was completed in 1911 as a center for concerts, rotating art exhibits, and café society. The mature art nouveau style recalls the lengths the Czech middle class went to at the turn of the 20th century to imitate Paris. Much of the interior bears the work of Alfons Mucha, Max Svabinský, and other leading Czech artists. Mucha decorated the Hall of the Lord Mayor upstairs with impressive, magical frescoes depicting Czech history; unfortunately it's closed to the public. The beautiful Smetanova sín (Smetana Hall), which hosts concerts by the Prague Symphony Orchestra as well as international players, is on the second floor. The ground-floor restaurants are overcrowded with foreigners but still lovely, with glimmering chandeliers and exquisite woodwork. There's also a beer hall in the cellar with decent food and superbly executed ceramic murals on the walls.

Open: Information center and box office daily 10-6

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Reviewed by Lexma90 from Denver on 11/5/09
Obecni Dum is beautiful from the outside, and quite near the Powder Tower.

The inside is even better, and better yet if you can attend a performance in Smetana Hall. The hall and public areas around it are luxurious, and the decorating style is captivating. The hall itself has great acoustics.