Gate tower
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A gate tower (German: Torturm) is a tower built over or next to a major gateway.
Usually it is part of a medieval fortification. This may be a town or city wall, fortress, castle or castle chapel. The gate tower may be built as a twin tower on either side of an entranceway. Even in the design of modern building complexes, gate towers may be constructed symbolically as a main entrance.
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The Linz Gate in Freistadt, Austria
Remplin gate tower, Germany
Golden Gate at Vladimir, Russia
Bern Zytglogge, Switzerland
Polish Gate in Levoča, Slovakia
The late 12th-century gate tower of Egremont Castle, Cumbria, England
See also[]
- Tower
- Gate
- Gatehouse
- City gate
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