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Schneiderturm (Tailor's Tower)

Schneiderturm (Tailor's Tower)
Medgyes - erődtemplom - Szabó-torony - panoramio
h_laca, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
town fortification
Current function:
town fortification
Address:
Piaţa Castelului
Historical Hungarian county:
Nagy-Küküllő
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.1649454563, 24.351075149
Google map:

History

The tower was tended by a guild of tailors.Its the upper floor has a series of pouring holes from which hot water or oil could be poured down the necks of besiegers. In 1616, part of it was incorporated into the old town hall.

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