Písek - City Walls

For their defense, the townspeople, right from the foundation of the city in the 13th century, they built solid walls, which were raised up to 10 m in the 15th-17th centuries. desk Their ring surrounded the city from all sides and it was possible to enter through three gates. Down by the bridge stood the most prominent one called Pražská, or Dolní, on the opposite side of the city Budějovická or Týnská or Horní, and in the southwestern part Putimská. The latter was…