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Donjón
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torre fortificada donde residía el señor
AI overview
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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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- fortified tower
- Part of
- fortification
- Image
- 2025 Twierdza Kłodzko, donżon (14).jpg
- Said to be same as
- Q137887272
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- Commons category
- Keeps
- Commons gallery
- Torre del homenaje
- topic's main category
- Category:Keeps
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