# Gate tower

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{{Short description|Fortified tower at a major gateway}}
{{For|the building in Japan|Gate Tower Building}}
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A '''gate tower''' is a [tower](/source/tower) built over or next to a major [gate](/source/gate)way.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Burgen und feste Plätze : europäischer Wehrbau vor Einführung der Feuerwaffen : systematisches Fachwörterbuch = Châteaux-forts et places fortes : architecture militaire européenne avant l'introduction des armes à feu : dictionnaire spécialisé et systématique = Castles and fortified places : European military architecture before the introduction of firearms : specialized and systematic dictionary. |date=1996 |publisher=K.G. Saur |isbn=978-3-11-097269-6 |edition=3., neu bearbeitete und erw. Aufl |location=München |oclc=604518608}}</ref>

Usually it is part of a medieval [fortification](/source/fortification). This may be a [town or city wall](/source/town_wall), [fortress](/source/fortress), [castle](/source/castle) or [castle chapel](/source/castle_chapel). The gate tower may be built as a [twin tower](/source/List_of_twin_buildings_and_structures) 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](/source/Kasselburg) in [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate) has a double tower gate tower, which was also used as a residential tower.

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="150px">
 Image:Linzertor3.JPG|The Linz Gate in [Freistadt](/source/Freistadt), [Austria](/source/Austria)
 Image:Remplin Torturm.JPG|[Remplin](/source/Remplin) gate tower, [Germany](/source/Germany)
 Image:Russia-Vladimir-Golden Gate-2.jpg|[Golden Gate](/source/Golden_Gate%2C_Vladimir) at [Vladimir](/source/Vladimir%2C_Russia), [Russia](/source/Russia)
 Image:Zytglogge 01.jpg|Bern [Zytglogge](/source/Zytglogge), [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland)
 Image:Leutschau - polska brana.jpg|Polish Gate in [Levoča](/source/Levo%C4%8Da), [Slovakia](/source/Slovakia)
 File:Egremont IMG 1323 - panoramio.jpg|The late 12th-century gate tower of [Egremont Castle](/source/Egremont_Castle), Cumbria, England
File:Puerta Baja, Daroca, Zaragoza, España, 2014-01-08, DD 07.JPG|Puerta Baja gate in [Daroca](/source/Daroca), Aragon, Spain, built in the XV century.
</gallery>

== See also ==
* [Tower](/source/Tower)
* [Gate](/source/Gate)
* [Gatehouse](/source/Gatehouse)
* [City gate](/source/City_gate)
* [Triumphal arch](/source/Triumphal_arch)
* [Fortified gateway](/source/Fortified_gateway)
* [''Que'' (tower)](/source/Que_(tower))

==References==
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== External links ==
{{Commons category|Gate towers}}

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Category:Fortified towers by type
Category:Types of gates
Category:Castle architecture

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