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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]] built over or next to a major [[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]]. This may be a [[town wall|town or city wall]], [[fortress]], [[castle]] or [[castle chapel]]. The gate tower may be built as a [[List of twin buildings and structures|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.

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="150px">
 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, Vladimir|Golden Gate]] at [[Vladimir, Russia|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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== See also ==
* [[Tower]]
* [[Gate]]
* [[Gatehouse]]
* [[City gate]]
* [[Triumphal arch]]
* [[Fortified gateway]]
* [[Que (tower)|''Que'' (tower)]]

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


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