THE ŠPIČKA GATE

The monumental Gothic gate known as Špička (Spire) was built from 1348 to 1350 during the reign of Charles IV as part of the new fortification of Vyšehrad. Two-storey gate had a form of passable fortress with a gallery and nine spires that gave it its name. It has been demolished in the eighteen eighties to make place for wider road. Until 2023, the information center of NKP Vyšehrad was located in the gate. Today it is in a new building near Leopold’s Gate. Today the space is closed and its reconstruction is about to take place.