Cloak Bridge

This guide to the Cloak Bridge in Cesky Krumlov opens with a question: why would the lords of the castle need a hidden door into their own theatre? It traces the bridge from a plain wooden drawbridge noted under Emperor Rudolf the Second, through Johann Christian von Eggenberg's 1680s rebuilding toward the new castle gardens, to the enclosed corridor that let nobility pass unseen into the royal box. You'll hear how invading French troops tore apart the upper section in 1741. Look up at the shuttered windows of that private passage as you cross.