Powder Tower

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Lonely Planet review

A passage to the north of St Vitus Cathedral leads to the Powder Tower (also called Mihulka), built at the end of the 15th century as part of the castle's defences. Later it became the workshop of the cannon- and bell-maker Tomáš Jaroš, who cast the bells for St Vitus Cathedral. Alchemists employed by Rudolf II also worked here. Today the first floor houses a rather dull exhibition of 17th- and 18th-century weaponry.