House ref. no. 290


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The Emperor's House ref. no. 290 (41 nam. Republiky) is to the left of the town hall. It resulted from the combining of two buildings in 1607 to the design of J.M.Filipi for Emperor Rudolph II, who bought it in order to have his own residence in the city.

It is a twostorey Renaissance building with a pantile roof. Outside on the central supporting pillar there is a Baroque statue of Roland, known in Plzen as Zumbera, transferred here from a Baroque fountain. The Classical restoration of the facade was carried out in 1793, the present appearance dates from 1913.

In the entrance hall there are tempera paintings depicting the Emperor as a man of justice from the early 17th century.

In the neighbouring room there is a plaque commemorating the formation of the National Committee in 1918.



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