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The foundations of the house, probably its cellars, date back to the Gothic Middle Ages. It was a first-class tavern house: in 1621 the burgher Václav Pezinger is recorded as its owner, followed by the cantor Pavel Sojka and the priest Damalius. In the 19th century the house belonged to the prominent Záblatský family, who made soap here. One of the last owners was the shoemaker Jan Večerka, a self-taught chronicler and collector of Kroměříž antiquities.

The house once held a life-size late Gothic wooden statue of the Madonna, known as the Kroměříž Madonna, one of the finest Gothic sculptures in the town. Today it is kept at the provost's residence. After a fire in 1857 the house changed its appearance; the present facade dates from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries and was preserved during major repairs in 1972–1973.

Today the ground floor houses the U Madony pharmacy. The house is part of the Kroměříž urban heritage reserve.

Interesting places nearby

Mühlmann House

Vodní ulice 55, 767 01 Kroměříž

The house of the Mühlmann family of maltsters in Vodní street. From the mid-19th century its hall hosted theatre performances and later the first cinema in Kroměříž.

Rypka House

Vodní ulice 59/17, 767 01 Kroměříž

A craftsmen's house in Vodní Street where the orientalist Jan Rypka, an expert in Persian and Turkish literature, was born in 1886.

Café Bistro Matiné

Ztracená 11, 767 01 Kroměříž

Café and bistro inspired by Parisian bistros in the historic centre – breakfast from early morning, home-made pastries and desserts, and a garden with a view of the château tower.

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