Symbol detail Budweiser Gate Latran Street 104 Cesky Krumlov Czech Republic
City gate situated on a rock above Polečnice and enclosed by adjoining residential houses The northern face facing out of the city creates an illusion of a massive fortification The facade is divided into three fields by pilasters with Doric caps and shanks with quoins The wider central field contains a large portal made of vault stones that delineate sunken space for the draw bridge The openings with wooden pulleys still exist The modern city escutcheon is located above the portal The narrower side fields framed by corner quoins have two carrels vaulted by a semidome and at the higher level a chiaroscuro painting of a conch A modern passage goes through the western ground floor carrel The pilasters hold a Doric entablature articulated with triglyphs and adjoining is a massive rounded indented frieze Behind it the mass of the tower with pentagonal floor plan is visible In the northern direction there is an edge with illusory quoins sgraffito rustic on the sides and illusory corner quoins The southern face is on the contrary a simple slender tower with a decorative painting of an illusion of facade The only plastic elements are the large springing stones of the gateway and label lining of the four windows that are located in two axes On the right side of the gateway is a rectangular opening that used to be a modern passage way The space above Latrán no 105 Budějovická Gate vault view from the direction towards the town the gateway has an illusory rustic with a different type of corner quoins There is a rich threaded ornament around the windows and a sun clock dial between them The pyramid roof has a massive filler joist and is covered with Spanish tiles The gateway has a barrel vaulting with a pair of lunette caps on the edges Both modern passages have a plain ceiling On the second floor is a living room with a plain ceiling black kitchen and a space with a stairway leading to the third floor There is only one room on the third floor and it has a simple wooden joist
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Photo credit: © Maciej Wojtkowiak / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: 104, budweiser, cesky, czech, detail, gate, krumlov, latran, republic, street, symbol
