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The Municipal House of Prague contains the finest concert hall in entire ex-Czechoslovak space and the Czech Republic. The opulently decorated rooms of the Obecní Dům by numerous architects, designers, artists stand out and attract people from all over the world. Alfonse Mucha had personally painted a huge amount of murals in it which are proudly making all Art Nouveau lovers from all over the world so happy to savor into his Jugendstil universe of sublime beauty and bliss.

The Municipal House facade is eye­catching not only due to its monumental architectural composition but also because of the unique profile created by its collection of the sculptural art of the time.
Anthropomorphe sculptures are accompanied by decor with Art Nouveau floral ornaments as well as other classical architectural elements. Above the tops of attic gables and on the tips of the spires there are sculpted vases, cartouches, tombs, stylized battlements and other decorative elements.

The front facade in line with the cupola axis is dominated by the main entrance portal with a representative semi­circular balcony which is accessible from the Mayor’s Hall on the 1st floor.

The large exedra under the main cupola is decorated with a semi­circular scene on the glass colorful mosaic Apotheosis of Prague according to a painting by Karel Spillar. The picture is adorned with a golden sign with a quotation by Svatopluk Cech which is still relevant today :

Karel Novak is associated with other facade stucco work, these being colored and gilded city emblems, plastic floral ornamentation, vases and tombs, etc. on the front facade. Evidence of the same hand can be seen in the sitting figures of ephebs made of artificial stone and located above the side­facade window ledges, etc. (not confirmed for all of the sculptures and elements). Other stucco elements on the side facades were created by Antonín Mara (south facade), Eduard Piccart, Bedrich Simonovsky and Frantisek Kraumann (north facade).

A conspicuous feature which forms a continuous circle alongside the facade at the level of the 1st floor window ledges are plaques with deep three­quarter reliefs of semi­figures in folk costumes. This artificial­stone decoration showing the folklore of individual regions of Bohemia was created by a group of artists, which included J. Pekarek, A. Zoula, E. Piccardt, F. Kraumann, B. Simonovský, A. Strunc.

The sculptures on the Municipal House facade were created by a number of renowned artists of the day. Two central stone sculptural groups called Humiliation and Revival of the Nation (featuring a copper eagle), placed alongside the central cupola’s exedra were created by Ladislav Saloun. Karel Novak created a pair of huge copper atlas figures — torch­bearers carrying the ”Laterna Magica” on the portal pylons. Novak is also the creator of the unique and artistically remarkable ”Mascarons” placed in the voussoirs of the fifteen semi­circled windows on the 1st floor of the front facade.

The same corner just one floor below bears a memorial plaque from 1918 with a pair of allegorical figures by Ladislav Saloun. The Western­side facade features a round turret with a spire on the corner which is enhanced by two fairytale figures ”Rusalka” and ”Dudak” of artificial stone by Frantisek Uprka.

Another wonderful part of the facade is the stone decoration of the Neo­Gothic corridor connecting the Municipal House with the Powder Tower by Antonin Strunc and Josef Pekarek.

What most reminds one of an exhibition gallery is the line of huge figures erected along the building above the cornice. On the left corner of the front facade there is a symbolic sandstone sculpture of the Spirit of History with a sword by Frantisek Rous, on the right corner beside a spire there are figures made of artificial stone representing allegories of Literature, Building trade, Sculpture and Painting by Antonín Strunc.

The north facade is enlivened by an artistically interesting stone allegorical figure of a semi­reclining naked male ”Drama” and a naked female ”Music” by Josef Maratka. The south facade is decorated above the attic window gable with a pair of stone figures depicting Sower and (female) Harvester by Antonín Mara. The exhibition of sculptures continues also on the lower levels of the building : At the level of the 1st floor on the front facade’s left corner there is a portrait stone figure representing the Powder Tower’s builder Matej Rejsek by Cenek Vosmik.

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