Guard tower

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Torre del Verger, guard tower located at Banyalbufar, Majorca, Spain.

Guard tower serves as a general term for any military tower providing vigilance, and henceforth guarding a certain area.

Famous guard towers [edit]

Alcatraz guard towers^[1]
Auschwitz II guard towers
Tower of London^[2]
Yuma Territorial Prison 1876 guard tower.

Gallery [edit]

A guard tower at the C.A. Holliday Unit in Huntsville, Texas

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