Abolition of the Royal Hradec Fortress and demolition of its walls

As everyone knows, the Králové Hradec Fortress was built in the years 1766-1789 and has never been used for the defense of the local region since its completion, unless we count the period of the Prussian-Austrian War in 1866, when part of the imperial army fled through it after losing the battle at Chlum. That's when it became fully apparent that its continued existence has no meaning, and so the fight for its cancellation and subsequent demolition began. The ramparts...
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