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The interior of the Tower of the Winds, also called Horologion of Androkinos, showing the central section of the floor of the monument. The holes were used for mounting the hydraulic mechanism which was...

The remains of a Hellenistic defensive tower standing atop Pyrgi hill in the ancient city of Eleutherna on Crete. The tower was used from the Hellenistic until the Byzantine period (4th century BCE to 7th centuries...

Konstantino-Eleninskaya Tower (St. Constantine and Helena Tower), the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia. Completed in 1490. Photo taken in 2012.

The so-called Tower Tomb at Carsuale (Italy) is a mausoleum dated to between the 1st century BCE-1st century CE. Its lower structure is a quadrangular base 4.3 metres (14.1 ft) square and 2.4 metres (7.8 ft) high. Above...

The Great Hall was the architectural centrepiece of a medieval castle's interior and functioned as the social and administrative hub of the castle and its estates. With everyone dining and sleeping in the hall in its early days, the...

Did one original language shatter into many? The Tower of Babel, the evolution of languages and the quest for Proto-World. The Tower of Babel is one of humankind's early attempts to explain...

The massive White Tower is a typical example of Norman military architecture, whose influence was felt throughout the kingdom. It was built on the Thames by William the Conqueror to protect London and assert his power...

Bell Tower at Gamla Uppsala, Sweden, site of the Norse Temple at Uppsala, which was destroyed by King Inge of Sweden, c. 1080.

Construction of the Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. The painting is on display in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

King Louis XVI of France, during his imprisonment in the Tower of the Temple, where he was held for the last months of his life during the French Revolution. oil on canvas by Jean-François Garneray, 1814...