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[1] The "walls, tower, gates and posterns of the City of Chester" are recognised as a scheduled monument. [13] All the towers associated with the walls are designated as Grade I listed buildings and all walls are Grade I, except for the wall between Bridgegate and the former County Hall. The gates are all designated Grade I except for Old ...
A small section of the medieval walls still remain near the castle on the seafront. Alnwick: Northumberland Two gatehouses survive The walls were built in the 15th century to protect Alnwick against border instability and raiding, and commemorated the powerful local Percy family, who controlled the local castle. [1] [2] Bath: Somerset ...
The city wall was restored in 1884 to 1886 by architect Emil Victor Langlet. [15] In 2012, a 10 metres (33 ft) long section of the outer dressing of the wall collapsed. [16] Restoration of the collapsed section began in 2013. [17] The wall is the strongest, most extensive medieval city wall in Scandinavia and the best preserved. [10]
Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) ... Pages in category "City walls" The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.
The city wall had had its day and it prevented even the city's expansion. The Mälarmuren was first described in 1630. In 1625 there was a fire disaster, called "stora vådelden" or the big wildfire , which wiped out the southwestern part of Stadsholmen and it was the start of the demolition of the city wall and its towers for Stockholm's first ...
The walls and the many gates are still largely extant today. This is one of the reasons that Tallinn's old town became a World Heritage Site. The walls were enlarged in the fourteenth century, and citizens of Tallinn were required to turn out for guard duty, which meant to wear their armour and demonstrate their readiness to face invaders. [2]
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Isartor (2012) Isartor in 1939 with the tram passing through it The Isartor at the Isartorplatz in Munich is one of four main gates of the medieval city wall. It served as a fortification for the defence and is the most easterly of Munich's three remaining gothic town gates (Isartor, Sendlinger Tor and Karlstor).