Břilická brána, Former town gate site in Třeboň, Czech Republic
The Břilická Gate no longer exists: it was walled up soon after the castle library was completed in 1611. Its site is now the passage through Třeboň Castle leading from Masaryk Square into the castle park. The gate had stood in the town walls and took its name from Břilice, the village northwest of Třeboň.
The gate was built in the 1520s when Třeboň reinforced its defenses under Rosenberg family rule. This period marked an era of intense urban development aimed at strengthening the town's security.
The gate no longer exists: it was walled up soon after the new library was finished in 1611, and its site is now the passage through Třeboň Castle from Masaryk Square into the castle park. Its name came from the Břilice suburb and village northwest of town. The so-called Long Corridor, built from the original gate, linked the castle with the monastery.
The gate itself no longer exists: its site is now the passage through Třeboň Castle leading from Masaryk Square into the castle park. Visitors walking from the square to the park pass through this spot, and the castle's Long Corridor, built from the old gate, links the castle with the monastery.
The gate vanished because Třeboň Castle expanded northward and a new library was built; the original gate was walled up soon after the library's completion in 1611. A new Budějovická gate was built instead, closing off Husova Street, and the so-called Long Corridor was built from the old gate to connect the castle with the monastery.
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