Corner House Opposite the Town Hall

The house on the corner opposite the town hall used to be an inn. Foreigners and members of the minor nobility stayed here when they came to the sessions of the bishop's feudal court. The inn was called U Černého orla (At the Black Eagle), later U Zlaté koruny (At the Golden Crown).

Among its owners was the burgher Vespazyan Baldyn – in 1617 his estate was found to include not only the Postil of Master Jan Hus, but also a "magic stone" that attracted iron. At the end of the 17th century the house belonged to the Italian merchant Matyáš Perti, then to the bishop's personal court tailor Knechtl. In 1839 it was bought by the imperial postmaster Jan Eminger and it became a post office, said to have been none too friendly to its customers.

In 1903 the U Anděla strážce (Guardian Angel) pharmacy opened here. A renovation that reopened the arcade was completed in 1965, and a bookshop, Dům knih, was set up in the house. It is part of the Kroměříž urban heritage reservation.

Based on a text by Jindřich Spáčil on the memorial plaque of the house.