Hybrid inorganic-organic material based on Keggin type polyoxometalaes ([SiW12O40]4-) and praseodymium-dipicolinic acid (pydc; 2,6-pyridindicarboxylic acid) with the formula of [Pr2(pydc)2(H2O)8][H2SiW12O40]•4H2O (1) is obtained under a hydrothermal condition. Compound 1 was characterized by infrared spectrum and elemental analysis and its structure was further determined by single-crystal X-ra...