Fodor's Expert Review Dům U černé Matky boží

This building, designed by Josef Gočár, is a shining example of (relatively) modern Czech architecture amid Staré Mĕsto's historical splendor. In the second decade of the 20th century, young Czech architects boldly applied cubism's radical reworking of visual space to architecture and design, with the characteristic geometric lines and sharp angles of the building's exterior the result. Once a department store, there's now a permanent Czech cubism exhibition inside and a café. Its name---House at the Black Madonna---comes from the 17th-century sculpture that still sits on the building's northeast corner.