Národní dům, Cultural center and monument in Prague 4, Czech Republic.

Národní dům is a four-storey Neo-Renaissance building by architect Antonín Fric, completed and opened in 1898 at the head of today's náměstí Bratří Synků in Nusle. Its three wings open onto Nuselská and Čestmírova streets; the square façade has a niche statue of St Wenceslas, pilasters bearing statues of Přemysl the Ploughman and Princess Libuše, a balcony, and the coats of arms of the Bohemian Crown Lands with a bust of Karel Havlíček Borovský.

Národní dům was built by architect Antonín Fric in Neo-Renaissance style on the site of the former inn "Na Kovárně", which was demolished during the 1889 parceling of Nusle. It opened on 17 November 1898, the year Nusle was elevated to a town, with a festive promenade concert. In 1922 the Hotel Šmíd began operating there, and the building was expropriated in 1948; it was listed as a cultural monument in 1976.

The building's name, Národní dům (National House), comes from its role as a Czech civic and social centre. The Občanská beseda, founded on 4 November 1881, kept a reading room here, and the halls hosted concerts, Sokol fancy-dress balls, lectures and New Year parties; Karel Hašler performed in the building. From 1911 the Biograf Světovid cinema in the hall "U Přemysla" showed travel and educational films.

The building stands at the head of náměstí Bratří Synků, at Nuselská 1, where the Nuselská and Čestmírovy streets meet. The ground floor holds a branch of Česká spořitelna at Nuselská 2/1, while the upper floors are mainly residential, so the historic halls are not open as a public venue. Look for the facade facing the square.

Between 1918 and 1955 a large clock, called an orloj, hung beneath the statue of St. Wenceslas in the square-facing facade; it was removed and the niche now holds only the statue. The building also carries plaques of Emperor Rudolf II and the Father of the Homeland facing each other across Nuselská street, with the St. Wenceslas crown between them.