The Powder Gate is one of the symbols of Prague. It is a late Gothic city gate with a neo-gothic roof of 65 m high. At the Powder Gate, there is a viewing terrace for tourists. The viewing gallery is at a height of 44 meters and leads to 186 degrees. The gate is located on the Royal Route, leading to the Prague Castle.
The construction of the Powder Gate commissioned by Władysław II Jagiellonian was started in 1475. The main builder of the gate was Wacław master, construction continued Matěj Rejsek. Originally it was one of the gates of the fortification of the Old Town. The Powder Tower was erected on the foundations of an earlier gate from the 13th century.
At the beginning of its existence it was called Brama Górska. The name was acquired at the turn of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, as it became a powder. At the end of the 19th century it was restored by Josef Mocker. There was a neo-gothic roof. At the end of World War II the Powder Gate became a place of retaliation and revenge on the German population.
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