Monuments

Na Príkope
Praha 1 - Staré Mesto
110 00
Phone: 724 063 723
Web: http://www.pis.cz

A monumental entrance to the Old Town built by Matej Rejsek in the gothic style in 1475. Once it served as a gunpowder depot. In the late 19th century it was rebuilt by J. Mocker.

Permanent exhibition: 
"The King’s Court" – life in medieval Prague (1st floor), the history of the city – market place, festivities, fashion, trades, punishments, prison, city seizure, the medieval family (2nd floor), the history of the Powder Gate – reproductions of historical graphic sheets on loan from the Prague City Archives (3rd floor). The exhibition consists of enlarged reproductions of illuminations from the Bible of Wenceslas IV, as well as professional recordings of the accompanying text combined with sounds and music (recording produced by Czech Radio).
Mobile headphones may be rented in the box office for the exhibitions on the first and second floors with texts in Czech, English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Russian. The rental fee is included in the ticket price.
Guided tours are organised by the Prague Information Service.

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Opening hours
March - October	10 - 18	daily