Town hall of Nusle, Renaissance Revival town hall in Nusle, Prague 4, Czech Republic.
The Town Hall of Nusle is a Neo-Renaissance building at Táborská 500/30, on the corner of Generála Kutlvašra Square, designed by Antonín Turek and built in 1908–1909. Its Táborská facade has a small high arcade, an arcaded balcony and a clock tower; the main tower and two side towers carry copper domes with gilded finials and weathervanes, the main one bearing the year 1908 and the side ones the letters MN for Město Nusle.
Built in 1908–1909 to Antonín Turek's design, this was the third town hall of Nusle, which had become an independent town ten years earlier. It served as the town hall and seat of the Nusle district office until 1922, when Nusle was incorporated into Prague. In May 1945 a barricade across Táborská Street stood in front of it, and on 21 August 1968 Soviet tanks surrounded the building.
The main portal bears the inscription "Nusle sobě" (Nusle for itself), and the side towers carry the letters MN for Město Nusle. The building houses a wedding hall and concert hall, and President Masaryk visited it several times in the 1920s.
The building is situated in the Nusle neighborhood and remains easily accessible on foot. Since it functions as an active administrative center, visitors should check opening hours before visiting.
The building was the third town hall of independent Nusle: the first was a four-storey corner house with a tower and clock in Otakarova Street (1898), the second Wiehl's house with an onion-domed turret in Křesomyslova Street. Turek's design won only in 1908.
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