The official site of the Plzen ( Pilsen ) city ...

Plzen Historical Underground Link to the Underground video clip. The entry and stairs into the Underground Plzen's underground is an integral part of a structural historical development of Plzen, established 1295 at the confluence of rivers Mze, Radbuza, Uhlava and Uslava, in the middle of Plzen hollow. An important administrative centre of this region was originally the castle of the house of ...

The water tower The former water tower (Prazska Street no. 19) was built in 1532 for the then city waterworks. At the same time it was constructed as a component part of the city's fortifications and Prague Gate. After 1822 it had a storey added in French Imperial style; a late Gothic portal was placed here in 1912, this dating from around 1500 and coming from the demolished house ref. no. 197 ...