Gate tower
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A gate tower is a tower built over or next to a major gateway.[1]
Usually it is part of a medieval
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. The gate tower can also stand as a twin tower on both sides of a gate system. Gate towers are also used symbolically as the main entrance in the design of modern building complexes. The Kasselburg in Rhineland-Palatinate
has a double tower gate tower, which was also used as a residential tower.
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Bern Zytglogge, Switzerland -
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The late 12th-century gate tower of Egremont Castle, Cumbria, England -
Puerta Baja gate in Daroca, Aragon, Spain, built in the XV century.
See also
References
- OCLC 604518608.
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