At the very beginning of the 20th century, when architect Dušan Jurkovič arrived in Luhačovice, the town was still more of a large Moravian village than a European spa resort of significance. The spa tradition already had more than a century of history behind it, but both the spa and the town itself still had a rather modest appearance.

Dušan Jurkovič, together with a number of other architects, thus faced a challenging task — to transform a small Carpathian town into a world-class spa. Alongside Jurkovič’s fairy-tale-like buildings, one can also find functionalist works by Bohuslav Fuchs, as well as a series of boldly designed guesthouses, villas, and public buildings, culminating in the construction of the colonnade and the elegant Vincentka Hall, designed by Oskar Poříska.

Printed guide to the architecture of the town of Luhačovice.

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