PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Čiháková, Jarmila
TI  - Fortification of the southern and eastern perimeter of the early Gothic predecessor of today's Malá Strana
DP  - 2022 Dec 15
TA  - Staletá Praha
PG  - 86--157
VI  - 38
IP  - 2
AID - 10.56112/sp.2022.2.05
IS  - 02316056
AB  - The early Gothic fortification of the town below the Prague Castle ceased to meet the city development and the requirements for reliable military protection already a hundred years after its construction. With the construction of new walls in a new route in the mid-14th century, the earlier ramparts were deprived of the reason for their existence. Several centuries of their gradual liquidation are completed by the efforts of several generations of researchers to obtain and present an idea of the ramparts' structure, building form and development and to protect the archaeological remains from destruction. Each line of the city fortification has its own specifics. In the west, the profile of the fortification, published a year ago, is the only one preserved. The southern line is the most affected by demolitions and reconstructions, only fragments remain. The better-preserved eastern line, but less accessible and different to the others opens chronological questions. The authors focused on gathering the maximum available information about the southern and eastern fortification lines, supported by building history surveys and, in recent decades, archaeological research. Newly published evidence of the city fortification pattern, obtained by archaeological methods, was critically examined and supported with new findings. Parameters of the fortification structure on all three sides of the city are compared, also taking into account the eastern fortifications of Prague Castle.