Vyšehrad Leopold Gate

Continue along V Pevnosti to Leopold Gate and observe from the pedestrian edge, not the middle of the passage.

Getting there

Start this chapter at its first stop › Vyšehrad Leopold Gate

From Vyšehrad station follow fortress signs through Táborská brána. Continue along V Pevnosti to Leopold Gate and observe from the pedestrian edge, not the middle of the passage.

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History

Baroque fortifications transformed the older Vyšehrad stronghold. Leopold Gate recalls the military role of a place now often experienced as a park. Its opening was a controlled entrance into a defensive system, not merely picturesque decoration.

Sources

• History and architecture

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