Red Tower (Pärnu)

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Estonian. (August 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Estonian Wikipedia article at [[:et:Punane torn]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|et|Punane torn}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Red Tower
Part of Pärnu Castle
Pärnu, Pärnu County, Estonia
Coordinates	58°23′06″N 24°30′10″E / 58.385°N 24.5028°E / 58.385; 24.5028
Type	tower

Red Tower (Pärnu) (Estonian: Punane torn) is a tower in Pärnu, Estonia. The tower is only building of medieval New-Pärnu Fortress, which is preserved until today. The tower is named after the red bricks which are used to line the inside and outside of the tower.^[1]

The tower was built in 15th century and it was used as a prison. In the 17th century, the tower had four storeys. Three storeys are preserved until today.^[1]

Since 19th century, the building has had several purposes, e.g. for being the town archives.^[1]

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Red Tower (Pärnu).