Slavonice - Jemnicka and Dačická gate

These two gates are the most prominent remains of the city's fortifications, the third was demolished in the past.
Jemnická (also Znojemská or Horní) gate was originally a Gothic building. In the 16th century, it underwent a Renaissance reconstruction, which enriched it with an attic with battlements. It received further modifications after a fire in the 19th century, when it was lowered and newly roofed. Roughly a hundred years later, it was restored to its Renaissance form,…