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

The Maiden Tower, Baku, Azerbaijan, built in the 12th century.

A 19th century CE painting by Claudius Jacquand showing Sir Thomas More (1478-1535 CE) with his wife and daughter during his imprisonment in the Tower of London for treason against Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547...

The Tower of the Winds, also called Horologion of Androkinos, is an octagonal Pentelic marble clocktower located in the Roman Agora in Athens. The structure features a combination of sundials, a water clock and a wind...

As a prisoner in the Tower of the Temple, King Louis XVI of France still made sure to educate his son, the dauphin Louis-Charles (Louis XVII of France) on history and geography. Image by unknown...

A tower with a sloping base (batter) for extra defence, part of the castle of Bari, Italy. Originally built in the 12-13th century CE.

The main tower of Osaka Castle in Japan, built 1584.

Ivan the Great Bell Tower in the Kremlin, Moscow, Russia. Built in 1508. Photo taken in 2004.

Detail of the 'Cyclopean' walls of the south tower of Mycenaean Tiryns (13th century BCE).

A Tower of Silence, Yazd, Iran. These structures are used in Zoroastrianism when the dead are exposed to scavengers.