overview about the place The Národní street is situated on the site where the Old Town walls once stood in the Middle Ages. On 17 November 1989, a well-known confrontation between the Public Security forces and students took place on the corner of Mikulandská Street, triggering the so-called Velvet Revolution, which meant the definitive end of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. A commemorative plaque on the façade of the Schirding Palace (Kaňka House), which stands on the corner of Mikulandská and Národní Streets, serves as a reminder of this event. history The memorial plaque at Kaňkův dům half way down Národní street is a constant reminder of how the Velvet Revolution began. Their peaceful manifestation ended up in a face-off, whose dramatic developments, especially the brutality of special police divisions and arrests of the protesters brought revulsion and a welling-up of civic unrest.