Villa Primavesi, Secession villa in Olomouc, Czech Republic

Villa Primavesi is a private residence from the Vienna Secession movement in Olomouc, built in 1906 by architect Franz von Krauss. The house has an unusual layout resembling an English hall, with mosaic decorations and a copper fountain in the dining room, plus stained glass windows showing scenes of Olomouc.

Villa Primavesi was built in 1905–1906 by the Viennese architects Franz von Krauss and Josef Tölk for Otto Clemens Primavesi, a banker of Italian descent, and his wife Eugenia. In 1923 the family sold it to the Přerov sugar refinery, and from 1926 MUDr. František Koutný ran a private sanatorium here, adding two operating theatres on the first floor. Nationalised in the postwar years, it was returned in restitution in 1992 and named a national cultural monument in 2010.

The interior keeps fittings made by the Wiener Werkstätte to designs by Anton Hanak: the dining table and chairs, wall panelling, radiator covers and the fireplace. Gustav Klimt painted members of the Primavesi family, and his works hung here. A mosaic fountain with a head probably of Mädy Primavesi stands inside.

The villa stands at Univerzitní 7, partly open to the public through guided tours; the ground floor hosts cultural and social events. Upper floors hold offices and tourist rooms, while the basement with its terrace serves as a café or restaurant.

The mosaic fountain with a sculpted head, probably of Mädy Primavesi, stands inside the dining room, not in the garden. It came from the Wiener Werkstätte workshops to designs by Anton Hanak, together with the dining table, chairs, wall panelling and radiator covers.