When: July 2014
This is the Powder Tower, so named for obvious reason: It's made out of powder. Just checking to see if anyone actually reads the text. Built in the late 15th century, the tower is one of the original gates leading into the Old Town area of Prague and the starting point of the Royal Road, which was the parade route for coronation ceremonies back when such things were important. Technically speaking there's been a tower here since before 1475, but that's the year when this tower, as shown, is credited to have started being built, even though it wasn't completed and has since been restored several times. As for the name, it used to store gunpowder. Sorry for the anticlimax.
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