The Slavic House

Slovansky Dum (the Slavic House) was created from two medieval buildings most likely founded during the first expansion of the city. The first mention of the structure dates back to 1381 when it was owned by a cheese producer and vendor Nicolas Enderlin. In the course of the following centuries, the facility had dozens of owners from the ranks of New Town tradesmen and craftsmen, knights, noblemen, barons, and counts. The structure underwent an extensive reconstruction only at the end of the seventeenth century when it was acquired by Jan Bartoloměj baron Vernier de Rougemont, Imperial Master Engraver, and Governor of Lipnice and Světlá nad Sázavou, who transformed the complex into a Baroque palace with a geometrically arranged French garden that extends as far as Jindřišská Street and connected the complex to municipal water mains.

Slovansky Dum (the Slavic House) was created from two medieval buildings most likely founded during the first expansion of the city. The first mention of the structure dates back to 1381 when it was owned by a cheese producer and vendor Nicolas Enderlin. In the course of the following centuries, the facility had dozens of owners from the ranks of New Town tradesmen and craftsmen, knights, noblemen, barons, and counts. The structure underwent an extensive reconstruction only at the end of the seventeenth century when it was acquired by Jan Bartoloměj baron Vernier de Rougemont, Imperial Master Engraver, and Governor of Lipnice and Světlá nad Sázavou, who transformed the complex into a Baroque palace with a geometrically arranged French garden that extends as far as Jindřišská Street and connected the complex to municipal water mains.

As time went on, pragmatically oriented owners of the palace began using the ground floor more and more for business purposes. Amongst others, the complex housed a shop producing coffee substitute and a facility where patterns were printed on silk and canvas textiles. The palace became part of Prague's social life relatively late, but it did so with gusto. Following lengthy negotiations, the complex was acquired in 1873 by Deutsches Kasino, an association that transformed it into its headquarters which remained there until May 1945 when the facility was renamed Slovansky dum and became a landmark of cheerful corporate parties and boisterous graduation balls. There are two rooms for renting, large hall and small hall and foyer.