House At The White Unicorn Photo: House At The White Unicorn"

House At the White Unicorn", located on Republic square, very easy to learn: there is a drugstore, decorated in period style and its facade, designed in the neo-Renaissance style, decorated with paintings in the technique of sgraffito. These drawings depicting a collection of different medicinal plants were created by the renowned artist from Pilsen by Mikulas Ales in 1896. In those days the owner of the pharmacy noticed that the house At the White Unicorn" was no different from the neighboring house. In order to highlight your pharmacy and to attract new customers, he invited the architect and the painter mikuláš aleš for painting of the facade.

Interestingly, the pharmacy, which occupies the entire first floor of the house, considered the oldest in the Pilsen region. She has been working for over 350 years and belongs to a private person, sweet lady Jane Regulawas. The first mention of this place occurs in documents Dating from the year 1637. And all this time the pharmacy does not change its location. According to local historians, the house At the White Unicorn" was based on the fact that its ground floor will be located the pharmacy. This building appeared here in the XIX century on the site of an ancient house belonging to a wealthy citizen. Above the entrance to the house can see the image of a head of a unicorn, which gave the name to this building.

On the upper floors of the mansion "At the White Unicorn located in offices of private doctors. This neighborhood very well and like and doctors and their patients, because the latter can not find a pharmacy to purchase prescriptions: it is right there.

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