Gate tower

For the building in Japan, see Gate Tower Building.

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.

Gallery

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  The Linz Gate in Freistadt, Austria
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  Remplin gate tower, Germany
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  Golden Gate at Vladimir, Russia
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  Bern Zytglogge, Switzerland
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  Polish Gate in Levoča, Slovakia

See also

• Tower
• Gate
• City gate