Třeboň-Svinecká brána

The Svinecká Gate in Třebon is located in the narrower, southern part of Žižkov Square. It formed part of the inner city fortifications. It was built, like most of the other City Fortifications, according to the project of the architect and pond owner, chief fish lord from Rožmberk, Josef Štěpánek Netolicky (? - 1538) in the years 1525-27 and modified in the years 1562-69. Svinecká brána, originally called Tmavá, is architecturally…