The Gate Tower
Romania /
Sibiu /
Alexandru Odobescu Street
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/ Sibiu
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World / Romania
tower, fortification, Medieval / Middle Ages, city gate, listed building / architectural heritage, 14th century construction
The gate tower annexed to the old City Hall, present day Altemberger House History Museum was erected in the first half of the 14th century and it is one of the best preserved towers from the third defense precinct. It is also the only gate tower preserved, the rest being demolished in the 19th century.
A drawing dating from the 17th century shows the tower without a roof, with a platform with ramparts.
patrimoniu.sibiu.ro/fortificatii_en/turnuri/66
A drawing dating from the 17th century shows the tower without a roof, with a platform with ramparts.
patrimoniu.sibiu.ro/fortificatii_en/turnuri/66
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 45°47'49"N 24°8'57"E
- Agnita fortified church(citadel-14-15th century) 42 km
- "The Castle"-Medias's first fortified enclosure & The Evangelical Church 44 km
- St Bartolomew Church (oldest in Brasov) 112 km
- The "Black Church" 113 km
- Teutonic fortress Feldioara-Marienburg (Castrum Sancte Mariae) 113 km
- biserica saseasca 116 km
- Evangelical Church 151 km
- "Dogarilor" ("Cooper's") defence tower 151 km
- Piatra-Neamt TV Tower 213 km
- Radio and TV Relay Station Pietrărie (Pietrăria) 304 km
- Huet and Lesser/Small Squares - fortified perimeter finished around 1224-1240 (Cibinium) 0.1 km
- Historic Center 0.1 km
- Upper Town 0.2 km
- Lower Town 0.2 km
- Citadel Park--The Promenade 0.5 km
- Central Area (outside the Historic Center) 0.6 km
- Former Josephine district 0.8 km
- Terezian 1.2 km
- Sibiu 1.6 km
- Sibiu County 14 km