Ungelt - Týn, Entrance gate, Praha 1, Staré Město
Ungelt was a place between 11th and 14th centuries where foreign merchants who arrived in Prague for business were forcibly accommodated. Here they paid the duty for their goods. Here they were protected.
From the 15th century they could already stay where they thought. Still, many preferred the walls and recesses of Ungelt.
Ungelt acquired the present form in the 16th century during the Renaissance.
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