Visited:30. 9. 2021
History:The Špitálská Bastion in Kadan is a medieval semicircular defensive bastion of the first outer belt of the Kadan city walls. It is located between the barbican of the Žatecká Gate and the Kadan Castle above the so-called Podhradie, which is part of the Špitálské suburb. This is the origin of its name, derived from the former Johannine hospital near the Church of the Centenary of St. John the Baptist. The bastion was built at the beginning of the 14th century. The castle was built in the Gothic style during the construction of the oldest part of the fortifications of the royal town of Kadana. During the siege by the troops of the Second Crusade in September 1421, a hole was pierced by a bombard near it, through which the Crusaders penetrated the town and captured it. At the end of the Middle Ages, it also served as one of the town's cloakrooms. In 1494, for example, three criminals from Doup were imprisoned here and later executed. In 1495, Peter Fischer, a townsman from Kadan, was interned here and his original sentence of death by hanging was changed to a penitential pilgrimage to Altötting in Bavaria. It was destroyed during the Thirty Years' War and remained so until the mid-18th century. Until the beginning of the 19th century it was used mainly for defensive purposes, then it was also used as a dwelling and later as a backdrop for the gardens and parks of the Podhradie. From the Špitálská bastion you can see a large part of the Špitál suburb and the Maxipsa Fík Embankment by the Ohře River. From here you can also see the Romanesque-Gothic church of St. Lawrence on Želina or the legendary Úhošt' Table Mountain, which is already part of the Doupovské hory massif.
Source:https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0pit%C3%A1lsk%C3%A1_ba%C5%A1ta
Impressions:Interesting bastion, but unfortunately it is in the upper part, where it is not known what it looked like.
