City walls of Nové Město nad Metují, Medieval fortification system in Nové Město nad Metují, Czech Republic.

The city walls of Nové Město nad Metují are a stone fortification that encircles the central area with multiple gates and defense towers. The walls form a continuous barrier of local stone around the old settlement.

Jan Černčický z Kácova founded the town in 1501 on a spur above the Metuje and had late Gothic walls built along the opuka plateau edge, partly from stone quarried when cutting the northern ditch. The walls had two gates: the Horse Gate, a plain prismatic tower dated 1501 and demolished in 1905, and the later Country Gate, rebuilt in Renaissance style and demolished in 1874. The walls survive along almost their full original length.

The tower Zázvorka, named after the barrier (závora) it stood behind, now houses the town gallery. The walls are a cultural monument and part of the town conservation area declared in 1969. The remains of the Krajská Gate show Gothic arches.

The walls are accessible on foot and you can walk along designated paths to view the preserved sections and various viewpoints. The best time to visit is during daylight when you can clearly see the stone details and structure of the fortification.

The walls were built from opuka, a local marlstone quarried at the northern edge of town, and part of the stone came from cutting the ditch across the spur. The wall base is almost 2.5 m thick and the height follows the terrain, so it rises and falls along the circuit.