Dům V lázních, house in Prague

Dům V lázních is a house located in Malá Strana, Prague 1, and a protected cultural monument of the Czech Republic. The building took its current form in the early 19th century following designs by architect Karl Pollak in the Classical style, while its facades reveal elements from multiple historical periods.

The house occupies a site where bathhouses and hospitals connected to religious orders have operated since the 14th century. By the 17th century it had become a prominent hotel welcoming high-ranking visitors from various nations.

The house takes its name from the bathhouse that once operated here, documented since the 14th century. The entire street still bears the name Lázeňská today, reflecting the area's historical role as a center for healing and medical care.

The house stands at the corner of Lázeňská and Saská streets, with its ground floor occupied by a restaurant. From the first courtyard, reached through the gateway in Saská Street, remains of a Romanesque wall with a small window are visible at about first-floor height. The neighbouring house Saská 520/3, called V lázni, is also entered through this courtyard.

A marble plaque between the first-floor windows of the Saská Street facade marks Chateaubriand's stay in May 1833. The legend of Peter the Great lodging here in 1698 is contradicted by his embassy's diary, published by Nikolai Ustryalov in 1858: the tsar's group only passed through Prague on 16 June 1698, dined at the "Poslední peníz" inn in today's Karlín and travelled on to Vienna by night.