Prager Pulverturm

As a pure visual experience, the view of the Powder Tower from the square below is like a painting based on a fantasy novel — it is that magical.
Maybe, by itself, the Powder Tower is not as impressive as say the Eiffel Tower or the Statue of Liberty. But when you are right there, in Prague, in the square, surrounded by the amazing Renaissance architecture, the Art Nouveau facades, and that incredible mechanical clock — — it is an all enveloping and unmatched experience.

A great stair master workout. We walked up, but saw arrows pointing down, so we went back down halfway. Only to find out that was the entrance. Directions in Prague are quite confusing! We walked up halfway and paid the entrance fee. Amazing views from above, that’s all I can say! Worth the trek as we took beautiful photos!

Historically this is an important part of Prague.
Touristically I don’t find it important to go up there. There are much nicer places to get nice views of Prague. But to learn about it is good and nice and I think if it is part of a nice walking tour then it is a good idea.
However as a tourist you don’t need this to be one of your important things to do.

Der Pulverturm ist eine Kopie des Originalturms an der Karlsbrücke und hat seinen Namen daher weil früher Schwarzpulver in ihm gelagert wurde.
Im Turm selbst kann eine Ausstellung besichtigt werden.

Powder Tower (Prašná brána) is one of the historical attractions of Prague that you shouldn’t miss. Actually, it is a great starting point of a nice walk through the historic Prague and if you have only one day to spend in Prague, this is definitely the walk to do to see the most in the shortest time.
Powder Tower is a starting point of a so called Royal Route, a traditional coronation route of Czech (Bohemian) kings. It is also the end of a very important road from Kutna Hora where silver was mined and then transported to the king’s castle in Prague. Construction of the tower started in 15^th century but was never really finished. At the beginning of 18^th century it served as a gun powder warehouse (thus the name «Powder Tower») and was severely damaged by the Prussian army. The building got its current look at the end of 19^th century and the Old Town’s bridge tower served as a template.
Today, the tower is a part of Prague’s Museum system and you can walk a bunch of stairs up the tower to have a wonderful view of the old town as well as new town because it stands right on the boarder of those two.

…ich kann mich nur roc2rocs meinung anschließen & den aufstieg empfehlen!
in einem «geschöss-​chen» ist die ausstellung zum pulverturm selbst zu sehen, in 2 weiteren sind wechselnde ausstellungen darstellender künstler — auch ganz oben im turm… die aussicht zu allen seiten bietet spannende details, die «von unten» eher untergehen…

Für wenig Geld hat man hier eine tolle Aussicht über die Karlsbrücke, Moldau.
Der Aufstieg lohnt in jedem Fall, außer es regnet:) Es ist recht eng auf der Plattform und das liegt nicht ausschließlich an den Touristen, sondern auch am zur Verfügung stehenden Platz.