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Agate tower is atower built over or next to a majorgateway.[1]
Usually it is part of a medievalfortification. This may be atown or city wall,fortress,castle orcastle chapel. The gate tower may be built as atwin 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. TheKasselburg inRhineland-Palatinate has a double tower gate tower, which was also used as a residential tower.
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