What you'll hear inside Lower Gate:

• 1
  Arpádian Tower

  The Arpádovská veža is the oldest structure within the Dolná brána complex, dating from the second half of the 13th century.

• 2
  Luxemburg Tower

  The Luxemburská Tower is a rectangular stone structure measuring 10.3 × 8.3 metres, built in the late 14th and early 15th centuries as part of Košice's second line of defensive walls.

• 3
  Barbican

  The barbican at the Lower Gate is an advanced fortification with a horseshoe-shaped plan, built south of the moat as a defensive bulwark against evolving siege artillery.

• 4
  Inner Moat with Bridges

  The inner moat with bridges occupies the site of the historic water-filled ditch that once surrounded the inner fortifications of the Lower Gate.

• 5
  Canal del arroyo Čermeľský

  The Čermeľský stream canal is an underground water conduit that once carried the waters of a brook running beneath Hlavná street out of Košice.

• 6
  Parkán (space between walls)

  The parkán is a defensive corridor, 10 metres wide, situated between Košice's inner city wall and the outer barbican wall (parkánový múr).