On your left, look for the big pale corner building with a little bay window jutting out and a castle-like row of “teeth” along the roofline.
This is Blažek’s House, a protected landmark at Purcnerova 60, planted right on the corner by the main square, facing the château and St. Giles. It looks like it’s playing fortress... but it’s really a city burgher house with a complicated past. First, it was actually TWO Renaissance homes joined together, and even before the town fire of 1532, a cellar was already here, angled toward the square like it was reserving the best seat in town. Later, the medieval core got a Renaissance makeover, and in the mid-1800s, it reinvented itself again in a neo-Gothic style... because why settle for one identity?
Look up at the corner oriel window perched on brackets, and the crenellated attic line above... very subtle. In 2017 it got serious repairs, and after hail damage in 2024, fixing the facade cost over 791,000 crowns, about 35,000 US dollars today.
Ready for Purcnerova 64? Walk south for 1 minute, and it’ll be on the left.
