Dům U Černého orla, Litoměřice, Renaissance house in Litoměřice, Czech Republic

The Dům U Černého orla is a corner two-story house with a broken facade in Litoměřice. Its ground floor has sgraffito rustication, an ornamental frieze above, and figurative sgraffito with biblical motifs at the upper floors. The interior has Renaissance ridge vaults in the front of the ground floor and late Gothic vaults in the rear, with flat ceilings upstairs.

The building was constructed before 1564 under architect Ambrož Balli for the Divišovský family. Over the following centuries, imperial grants shaped its role and gave it special legal protections.

The arcade facing the square holds a bust of Philippine writer and politician José Rizal, carved by sculptor Libor Pisklák. Rizal visited Litoměřice in May 1887 at the invitation of Ferdinand Blumentritt, headmaster of the local secondary school, who translated Rizal's novel Noli Me Tangere.

The building now houses Hotel Salva Guarda, with exhibition space and a restaurant in the ground floor areas. Visitors can view the interior and its historical features when entering the hotel or by joining a guided tour.

The house's second name, Králův hrádek (the Little King's Castle), comes from a 1650 privilege of Emperor Ferdinand III, who granted it the status of a knight's seat marked Salva Guarda to shield it from wartime plundering. The bust in the arcade honours Philippine writer José Rizal, who visited Litoměřice in May 1887 at the invitation of Ferdinand Blumentritt.