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Lower Gate or Turkish Gate

Mestská brána
Lower Gate or Turkish Gate
Mestská brána
Original function:
town gate
Current function:
town gate
Address:
Sládkovičova 4, 911 01 Trenčín
Historical Hungarian county:
Trencsén
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.894158, 18.040219
Google map:

History

It is one of the gates of the former fortifications of the town. The other one, the Upper Gate, has already been demolished. The gatehouse was built at the beginning of the 15th century. It was besieged by the Habsburgs in 1528, afterwards a new floor was added to the tower. The tower gained its final form in the first quarter of the 17th century.

Source:  csemadok.sk
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