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A gate tower is a tower built over or next to a major . (1996). 9783110972696, K.G. Saur. ISBN 9783110972696
Usually it is part of a medieval fortification. This may be a town 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. The gate tower can also stand as a twin tower on both sides of a gate system. Gate towers are also used symbolically as the main entrance in the design of modern building complexes. The Kasselburg in Rhineland-Palatinate has a double tower gate tower, which was also used as a residential tower.
Image:Linzertor3.JPG|The Linz Gate in [[Freistadt]], [[Austria]]
Image:Remplin Torturm.JPG|[[Remplin]] gate tower, [[Germany]]
Image:Russia-Vladimir-Golden Gate-2.jpg|Golden Gate at Vladimir, [[Russia]]
Image:Zytglogge 01.jpg|Bern [[Zytglogge]], [[Switzerland]]
Image:Leutschau - polska brana.jpg|Polish Gate in Levoča, [[Slovakia]]
File:Egremont IMG 1323 - panoramio.jpg|The late 12th-century gate tower of [[Egremont Castle]], Cumbria, England
File:Puerta Baja, Daroca, Zaragoza, España, 2014-01-08, DD 07.JPG|Puerta Baja gate in Daroca, Aragon, Spain, built in the XV century.
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