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Graft Bastion, Graftbastei, Torbastei

Bastionul Graft
Graft Bastion, Graftbastei, Torbastei
Bastionul Graft
RO BV Brașov Bastionul Graft
Daniel Pandelea, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
town fortification
Current function:
museum
Address:
Strada După Ziduri
Historical Hungarian county:
Brassó
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
45.6425387101, 25.5873599011
Google map:

History

The bastion takes its name from the Graft Canal, the 14th century drainage channel of the Köszörű stream on the edge of Újbrassó. Gracht is the German word for a rampart. The three-storey building, built against the town wall between 1515 and 1521, provided a link to the White Tower via a drawbridge. It was severely damaged during the 1809 downpour and was restored in 1822.

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