- Dating back to 1475, Powder Tower (Prašná brána) is one of the oldest gothic city gates and an entrance to the Old Town.
- The Powder Gate Tower, completed in 1475 and once used as a depot for gunpowder, is still the starting point for the Coronation or Royal Route to Prague.
- The Gothic Powder Tower is the beginning of the Royal Route leading to Prague Castle.
- The Gothic Powder Tower was built in 1475 during the reign of King Vladislav II Jagiello at the site of the eleventh-century Mountain Tower, one of Prague’s thirteen...
- 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.
- Even today, the Powder Tower is a monumental entrance to the Old Town, standing at the beginning of the Coronation or Royal Route leading to Prague Castle.
- In the 17th century, the Prague Powder Tower was used for storage of gunpowder; the origin of its current name.
- As with other historically important towers in Prague, the Powder Gate Tower retains an appropriately sooty look that reflects its past.
- Visitors can 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...
- 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.