Budějovická Gate
The Budějovice Gate is one
of the nine city gates preserved up to the present time. Based upon
a donation of Peter Wok von
Rosenberg, the gate was erected by the Italian architect
Domenico
Benedetto Cometta of Eckthurn in 1598 - 1602. Having two floors
and four sides, the tower's appearance rather resembles northern
Italian citadel architecture with its face covered with a huge
rampart and battlements on top. Its inner side is decorated with
frescos and has a sun dial at the second floor level. If we would
take a short walk from here towards the brewery, there is another
remains of a previous city fortification - a 16th century bastion
which is the only preserved edifice of its kind in town.
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