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Transylvania / Romania

Gunpowder Bastion, Smiths' Bastion

Turnul Pulberăriei
Gunpowder Bastion, Smiths' Bastion
Turnul Pulberăriei
Sibiu Turnul Pulberariei
Andrei kokelburg, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
town fortification
Current function:
town fortification
Address:
Strada Ocnei 33
Historical Hungarian county:
Szeben
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
45.8019174184, 24.1495874807
Google map:

History

The tower was built in 1552 and was used to store gunpowder. It was part of the defence system of a nearby gate of the lower town (Shoemaker's Gate).

Source:  muemlekem.hu
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