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Black Tower
It’s one of the four Brasov Castel Citadel guard towers, an independent fortification, placed outside of the walls. The access was done trough a gate placed at two meters above the ground and the join between the tower and the city walls was done trough a mobile bridge.
Having 11 m height, the Black Tower was built in the XV century, in rectangular shape, having fire wholes and sharp top. It’s documented that it burned at 23 June 1559 in a lighting fire and during the 1756 plague was used as shelter for the health border keepers.
The Black Tower was fixed in 1995 when the existing glass roof was mounted respecting the initial shape.
The White Tower
The white tower, placed on a rock, it was built in 1494 and it has a closed semicircle shape, with the right side toward the city. The building it has 5 floors and the height was between 18 an 20 meters depending on the ground shape. The name comes from his look, being rough-east in white.
Urcarea catre Cetatea Poenari
Contine peste 1400 de trepte
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