The Old Town Hall is a complex of buildings, many of which have a Romanesque core, from the 12th century. It is especially known for its 14th century tower with a beautiful bay-windowed chapel and its astronomical clock. Throughout Czech history, the fate of the country has been decided here many times. The fate of Alphonse Mucha was also interwoven with this place. It was here in 1902, when he visited Prague accompanying the famous French sculptor Auguste Rodin on his Prague exhibition, that the whole entourage was ceremonially welcomed by Mayor Vladimír Srb. This mayor was an important and culturally educated figure, who supported the new direction of Czech fine art towards Paris ‘leading Prague out of the provinces into Europe’. It was probably here that the decision was made to entrust Mucha with a part of the decoration of the Municipal House, one of his landmark commissions.