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Also known as great tower, donjon, castle keep, tribute tower
중세 서유럽의 성 안에 지어진 요새화된 탑
A keep is a large fortified tower built inside medieval castles by European nobility, serving as a heavily defended residence and final refuge if the rest of the castle was captured by attackers. Keeps were originally constructed from timber and represented a crucial defensive feature of castle architecture in medieval Europe.
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Vinony's link graph records 1,783 inbound references to 아성, and connects out to Palladian architecture, watchtower and star fort.
Vinony files it under Castle architecture and Fortified towers by type.
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- fortified tower
- Part of
- fortification
- Image
- 2025 Twierdza Kłodzko, donżon (14).jpg
- Said to be same as
- keep
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- Commons category
- Keeps
- Commons gallery
- Torre del homenaje
- topic's main category
- Category:Keeps
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