Road gate in Nahořany

From time immemorial, the trade route from Hradec Králové to Náchod and on to Kladsk has led through this municipality. We do not know exactly when it began to be used, but most authors place its beginnings as early as the younger Stone Age. We can certainly document its use in the 15th century, when the people of Náchod collected a toll from the Slánský bridge over the Metuji river, from which the bridge was repaired and, in the event of a meeting, rebuilt.…