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The inscriptions on this stone mention the name of the Sassanian king Narseh and they were written in middle Persian and Parthian languages. Sassanid period, around 300 CE. From Paikuli tower, modern Sulaimaniya Governorate, Iraq. (The Sulaimaniya...

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.

This is a picture of the Black Tower (Italian: Torre Nero) at the medieval fortress of Castelgrande in Bellinzona, Switzerland.

Tower of Urquhart Castle ruins on Loch Ness (present structure dated from 13th-16th century CE), Inverness, Scotland.

The south tower of the Wyndclyffe estate of Elizabeth Schermerhorn Jones (l. 1810-1876) built in 1853, abandoned in 1950, and now in ruins. Rhinecliff, NY, c. 2005.

Aoba Castle (also known as Sendai Castle) was built in 1611. The castle was repeatedly damaged by natural disasters such as earthquakes and fires, particularly during the 17th Century, as well as human conflict. Several structures, including...

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 vane. It dates back...

Huguenot Women Prisoners at the Tower of Constance, painting by Michel Leenhardt, 1892.

A tower of the Cajon group, Hovenweep National Monument, Colorado-Utah, USA. c. 1000-1300 CE.

Tower of Civitate, San Paolo di Civitate's countryside, Italy. It is one of the few ruins still visible of the medieval city where the Battle of Civitate took place on 18 June 1053.