- ...climb to the top of the Powder Tower to admire the “City of a hundred spires” and can also discover the Tower’s exhibition on Prague’s history and its towers.
- The Powder Tower is the ideal place to start a walk through Prague’s most famous monuments: this is where the famous Royal Route begins.
- The 65-metre high Powder Tower, located at the edge of Republic Square and Na Příkopě Street, is undoubtedly Prague’s most significant gate.
- The powder tower we see today is the work of the Victorian-era purist Josef Mocker, the author of much of Prague’s superb neo-gothic church architecture.
- The Powder Tower in Prague is located on Republic Square, you can get to it by metro, next to the station of the same name. Or you can take trams 8, 91, 14, 26.
- We advise you to check ticket prices and working hours before visiting – check the official website of the Powder Tower in Prague.
- The Powder Tower (Prasna Brana) is one of the towers that was originally part of the Old Town walls, which were protecting the centre of Prague.
- The Powder Tower is part of the fortification system of the Prague Castle, so named because it had been used to store gun powder at one time.
- Practically all sightseeing tours around Prague start with the Republic Square , the decoration of which is the Powder Tower, or the Powder Gate.
- Powder Tower or Powder Gate in Prague. ... Formally, the history of the Powder Tower began in 1475, but it is not the first of its kind in this place.