Nikolajka, Cultural monument homestead in Smíchov, Prague, Czech Republic

Nikolajka is a late classicist homestead in Smíchov, its sides raised by one storey and covered by a hipped roof. The facade carries a balcony on square pillars, the ground-floor rooms are barrel-vaulted, and a small chapel with a tin roof and a wooden statue of the Virgin Mary stands in the garden.

JUDr. Antonín František Nikolai, a financial official's adjunct and legal advisor to the Liechtenstein, Eggenberg and Schwarzenberg houses, had the estate built on former vineyard land at the end of the 17th century. It was radically rebuilt in the 18th century and took its late classicist form in 1860. It has been a protected monument since 1964.

The small chapel in the garden displays traditional devotion through its wooden statue of the Virgin Mary and metal roof. It reflects the connection between the homestead and local religious practices.

Nikolajka stands at the end of the blind street U Nikolajky on a slope in Smíchov, so it is reached on foot from the surrounding streets. The building is private housing and cannot be entered; the facade, the balcony on square pillars and the garden chapel are seen from outside.

The street U Nikolajky takes its name from the homestead, but the estate itself is named after Antonín František Nikolai, the lawyer who had it built on former vineyard land at the end of the 17th century. The connection is easy to miss when walking past the building.