Powder Tower and Municipal House

Stop at the tower from the pedestrian approach; cross tram tracks and the road by Municipal House only at marked crossings.

Getting there

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Leave the square eastward along Celetná towards náměstí Republiky. Stop at the tower from the pedestrian approach; cross tram tracks and the road by Municipal House only at marked crossings.

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History

Begun in 1475, the late-Gothic tower was a ceremonial city entrance. Its name recalls later gunpowder storage. Beside it stands the early-twentieth-century Municipal House: two periods presenting the city through very different architectural languages.

Sources

• History and architecture

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