Casemates

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  • Address
    Kasematy; Vratislavova, Vyšehrad
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  • Transport
    underground rail: Vyšehrad

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At the 19th-century Brick Gate (Cihelná brána) on the northern side of the fortress is the entrance to the vaulted casemates beneath the ramparts. The chambers now house a museum exhibit explaining the history of Prague's fortifications.

Also buried deep in the ramparts, and entered via the Cihelná brána, is the barrel-vaulted Gorlice Hall (admission 10Kč), which served as an air-raid shelter and potato store during WWII. It now houses six of the original baroque statues from Charles Bridge, including St Ludmila with the Young St Wenceslas by Matthias Braun, as well as temporary art exhibitions in summer.