Marking the edge of the Old Town is Floriańska Gate. Completed in 1307 the gateway is one of the few surviving parts of the ancient defences that once circled the Old Town. Thirty-three metres tall, and topped with a Baroque roof that was added in 1657, the gate marks the main entrance into the old city, and was the original starting point for what was dubbed the Royal Road. It was through this gate that visiting kings, queens and nobility would enter the city on their way to Wawel. A painstaking programme of renovation has left the gate looking sparkling new, and the immediate environs play home to dozens of open-air displays by aspiring local artists. Once considered Kraków's principal commerical street Floriańska comes predictably steeped in history. Aside from signs advertising kebabs, dance clubs and currency exchange, many of the townhouses have facades featuring age-old murals and inscriptions. Keep your eyes peeled for House of the Negro (Floriańska 1) and House of the Squirrel (no. 15). Also of note, the Jan Matejko House (no. 41) and Pharmacy Museum (no. 25, see Museums for both), and the hotel and restaurant Pod Różą (no. 14). Reputed to be the oldest hotel in Kraków, the Latin inscription above Pod Róża's Renaissance doorway reads 'May this building stand until an ant drinks the ocean, and a tortoise circles the earth'.