Town hall in Kyjov, Renaissance town hall in Kyjov, Czech Republic.
The town hall is a two-story Renaissance building, 22 meters wide, with a projecting tower 39 meters high. Above the main entrance is a memorial plaque with a double-headed Austrian eagle, the town coat of arms, and a Latin inscription. The building was constructed in 1561–1562 by Italian builders and stonemasons.
Built between 1561-1562 by Italian builders, the town hall served as the administrative center when Kyjov gained royal city status after paying ransom to the Czech Crown in 1548.
Above the main entrance a memorial plaque carries the double-headed Austrian eagle, the town coat of arms and a Latin inscription naming mayor Václav Bzenecký Sr., who led the building work in 1561–1562. Since 1998 the Tibetan flag is flown here on 10 March, and since 2010 the Moravian flag on 5 July.
The building is open to the public on weekdays as the seat of the municipal office; guided tours are arranged by the Kyjov information centre. The rear wing added in 2001 is barrier-free, with an outdoor lift and its own entrance from the north side. The council balcony is used for speeches at events such as the opening of Slovácký rok.
The older of the two balcony doors, confirmed in 2016 as original work from the town hall's construction, is made of fruitwood, probably pear, with an oak frame. A small round hole in its lower part, later boarded up, was likely a cat flap.
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