Old Town Hall
Guide
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FreeSightAllow 20–45 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
The city's oldest secular building, with a Gothic doorway whose middle pinnacle is deliberately twisted; in the passage hang the Brno dragon (really a stuffed crocodile) and an old cartwheel.
A brief history
Legend says the stonemason bent the pinnacle on purpose because the council didn't pay him what they'd promised; the wheel is said to have been made in a single day and rolled here from a village 50 km away.
Tips
- Best time
- Any time, on the way to the Cabbage Market
- Cost
- Free; the tower a small fee (check)
- Allow
- 20–45 min
- Free days
- The passage is always free
- Hours
- The passage is open in the daytime; the tower usually from spring to autumn (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- The old town and Petrov: Inside the old ring road: Freedom Square, the Cabbage Market, the crypts and the cathedral on Petrov hill, with cafes, bars and hostels.
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Partly indoors
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