Savarin Palace, Na Přikopě street
The Mucha museum is relocating to the beautiful Savarin Palace, where architect Eva Jiřičná (who recently received the Order of the White Lion for her contributions to Czech culture) and her team from the AI Design studio have created an outstanding exhibition space. The museum will also feature works by Alfons Mucha that have never been exhibited before such as early oil paintings, hand-drawn studies, and items reflecting Mucha’s interest in Freemasonry. The Slav Epic, with its 20 monumental canvases, will remain on loan to Moravský Krumlov Castle until 2026.
The Sylva-Taroucca Palace, also called the Piccolomini Palace or Savarin Palace, is a late Baroque building built on Na Příkopě Street. On the site of the present palace, there were several houses, which were gradually merged into one whole and gradually rebuilt in the 16th and 17th centuries. It was rebuilt in the 20th century, and in 1927 the famous Café Savarin was founded on the site of the former Baroque garden of the palace, named after the lawyer and gourmet Brillat-Savarin.
