Dating from 1475, the Gothic Powder Tower, signed in Czech as Prašná brána and also called the Powder Gate, is one of Prague's original city gates. It still marks the boundary between the Old Town and the New Town, and its name comes from gunpowder.
The tower is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic and forms part of a national cultural heritage site. It is listed as a museum as well as a tower and city gate.
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