Latránská Gate
Latránská gate was built
near
Budějovická Gate. This tower building with its outer stairs,
uncovered, originally had three floors. The first evidence of the
gate goes back to 1459. In front of the gate a stream ran through a
quite wide and deep river bed spanned by a wooden drawbridge. The
gate's tower was 24.5 m high. The very narrow and low gate
hindered steady traffic in this part of Latrán because larger
wagons had to unload part of their goods before going through the
gate, load it again. The gate was demolished in 1848 - 1852. In
1848 a flood seriously damaged a part of a street near this gate
and also endangered the stability of the whole building.
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(mj)