Basic information
The Olomouc Town Hall building, which dominates the Upper Square (Horní náměstí), has served for more than six centuries as a symbol of the economic, cultural, and political significance of the former royal capital of Moravia.
The Town Hall is a four-winged building with an inner courtyard. On the south façade, you can see the oriel window of the Gothic Chapel of St Jerome, richly decorated with tracery and figural motifs. On the eastern side of the building, there are a double-flight staircase and a Renaissance loggia. Next to the Town Hall Tower, you will find the Astronomical Clock set into a recess in the northern wall.
Several original vaulted rooms, including a ceremonial hall (today’s Wedding Hall), have been preserved to this day. The interior of the Gothic Chapel of St Jerome is decorated with a unique ribbed vault — the oldest ribbed vault of the so-called Danubian type in the Czech Republic.