Basic information
This Renaissance palace was built for the bourgeois family of Hauenschild from Fürstenfeld in around 1583. It is a large three-storeyed building at the corner of Lafayetova Street and the Lower Square. Earlier, a Gothic building, of which only vaulted ceilings have survived, was standing here.
A large hall with original Renaissance vaults and front face with rich Renaissance stonework, such as the portal or a corner bay window with figural reliefs have been preserved. Decoration of the bay window draws ideas from stories in Ovid’s Metamorphoses. The facade underwent a Baroque treatment in the early 18 century; the top floor is a modern extension. Between the years 1744-1768, theater used to be played at the house. For this purpose a special room was built in the courtyard. A memorial plaque at the entrance to the pub called Hanácká hospoda recalls the fact that it was here, in the former inn “The Black Eagle” during their stay in Olomouc in 1767, where the Salzburg Kapellmeister Leopold Mozart with his wife and children took lodgings. Despite his illness the young Mozart composed and created the Symphony No. 6 in F major.