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The Bozkovski House is originally a late Gothic town house, which was rebuilt in the Renaissance style in 1573. In the 16th century, the house belonged to the Rosenberg governor Jiřík Bozkovský. On the façade facing the Great Square, you can see a painting of the Rosenberg rider and in the vaulted arches of the arcades you can see the coats of arms of the wealthy townspeople. In the 19th century, thirteen butcher shops were located under its roof at the same time, all of which shared the house. Today, the Otto Herbert Hajek Cultural Centre is located here.

The two-storey Renaissance house, built in 1572, was the property of Jakub Menšík z Menštejna, a lawyer and writer from Prague, who was a native of Prague. He was the royal procurator (1601-1603) and burgrave of Prague Castle (1603-1614). In 1580 the house became the property of the city, and in the years 1625-1627 it was extensively rebuilt. The west side is decorated with sgraffito from 1573, depicting biblical, battle and hunting scenes, as well as allegories. The paintings, remarkably the only ones in the city with German inscriptions, were only discovered in 1889. The stone portal is decorated with the Schwarzenberg coat of arms. Today the house is connected to the neighboring National House (Narodní dům) to form one building.

The neo-Renaissance building of the New Town Hall on the west side of the Great Square was commissioned by the city authorities in June 1901 due to the growing need for space. Two previous Gothic and Renaissance houses had to make way for the new building, but the original Gothic cellars have been preserved. One corner is adorned with an imposing bell tower. The building, which was completed in 1903, was designed by the Viennese architect Professor Antonín Schurda. The sgraffito decoration of the facade was by the painter Jan Viertelberger, the sculptures by the sculptor Jiří Leisek, both from Vienna. To mark the building's centenary, the facade was renovated in 2003 and 2004. The painting depicting a mule caravan transporting salt on the Golden Route from Passau to Prachatice is very beautiful.

This Renaissance burgher's house in Poštovní Street has housed the Lace Museum since 1999, which presents historical hand-knotted European and Czech lace, including the use of lace on clothing. The exhibition also includes historical bobbin lace-making tools. The house was built after 1544, when the Rosenberg authorities released the site for redevelopment after the great fire of 1507. The first known owner was Jeroným Strachotínský, a wealthy burgher and town clerk, in 1585.

The Old Town Hall is one of the most important Renaissance buildings in Bohemia. The two-storey palace in the Florentine Renaissance style has two side wings and arcades in the courtyard. The façade facing the square is decorated mainly with figurative chiaroscuro paintings. It was designed by Italian architects in the service of the Rosenberg family. The paintings are by the Prachatice artist Jan Březnický. In addition to the council chamber and the mayor's rooms, there was also a "town wine bar" here from 1666 and later a theater on the ground floor. After the construction of the New Town Hall in 1903, the building lost its importance and became the district court (until 1974) and the seat of the District National Committee. Since 1992 it has belonged to the town of Prachatice again, which uses it as the seat of its municipal office. The central tourist information office is also located here (open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and from June to September also on Saturdays and Sundays, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.).

The Sitr House (Sitrův dům), a two-storey town house, now houses the Prachatice Town Museum. The house was originally Gothic and was first mentioned in 1555. It took on its current form in 1604, when Ambrož Sitr had it rebuilt in the Renaissance style for his son Tomáš Sitr. The house's name also comes from this family. In 1945, the Sitr House became state property. It was decided to establish a town museum here, but due to its poor condition after World War II, the house had to be extensively renovated and the facade paintings (created by the Prachatice painter Šebestián Hájek between 1617 and 1622) restored. The museum was opened on 5 July 1954.

The Lower Gate refers not only to the fortifications at this entrance to the Old Town, but also - as Dolní brána - to the 13-meter-long street that leads through the gate buildings. It connects the Kostelní náměstí with the Malý náměstí. The covered passage at the Heydl House is also called the Písecká Gate. To the right is the Parkán Park, followed by another, battlemented passage in which there is a depiction of Calvary.

Parkán Park in the centre of Prachatice is surrounded on one side by the wall of the former fortress (up to an old defence tower) and on the other side by houses. The park can be entered via the passage between the towers of the Lower Gate.