Dačického dům, Historical house in Kutná Hora, Czech Republic.
Dačického dům is a four-story house with a late Gothic core and a high Baroque facade with Gothic elements, forming the corner of Komenského náměstí and Rejskova ulice. It has a terrace and Gothic cellar, and its facade carries stucco decoration and a fresco of the Madonna.
The first written record of the house dates from 1426–1489. Around 1506 it was rebuilt for Filip Villanuova Sidonský, suffragan bishop of the Utraquist church, and was then called the Bishop's House. In 1536 Ondřej Křivoláček bought it; his son Mikuláš Dačický was born here in 1555. After 1800 the lane between houses no. 41 and 42 was vaulted over, and in 1841–1842 it was converted into flats.
The house bears the name of chronicler Mikuláš Dačický z Heslova, born here in 1555 to Ondřej Křivoláček and his wife Dorota. It now holds the Vzdělávací a prezentační centrum kulturního dědictví UNESCO, run by the Nadace UNESCO Kutná Hora, where all Czech UNESCO monuments can be viewed interactively in one place.
The house is open to visitors during regular hours, but it is wise to check availability before your visit. Occasional maintenance work may cause temporary closures throughout the year.
The 2015 reconstruction, funded by the Ministry for Regional Development at a cost of 70.1 million korunas and finished in 40 weeks, uncovered a medieval hexagonal tile about 40 cm across, made around 1500, beneath the wooden floor of the Bishop's Chapel; it became the logo of the exhibition.
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