It was built in the first half of the 15th century as part of the new walls. From the outside, these walls were protected by a moat through which part of the Mill Ditch flowed. Due to the development of combat technology, the gate was rebuilt into a complete bastion with a massive artillery bastion with spaces filled with earth. The most extensive reconstruction of the gate took place in 1808, when its defensive character was completely abolished. With the two adjacent parts of the wall, it was adapted for the purposes of the newly established municipal hospital. The mural painting of St Florian was also damaged. In 1915 this painting was almost completely destroyed and replaced by a new image of the saint by the Prešov painter Max Kurth. He depicted St. Florian in a typical iconographic rendering, i.e. with a military helmet, with a banner while extinguishing a fire, with the silhouettes of the parish and Franciscan churches in the background, as well as the building of the Ev. College. The last extensive rebuilding of Florian's Gate in 1979 saw the modification of the mounded arch of the passage, the reduction of the windows on the eastern façade to their original dimensions, and the renovation of the entire decoration. In 1973, a commemorative plaque was unveiled on the western façade, marking the original site of the 17th-century Prešov City Observatory.
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