Fat Margaret Tower

Fat Margaret Tower

Year

1530

Type

building

The massively proportioned round tower at the northern gate of Old Town takes its name from its unusual width: 20 meters in diameter, which gave the gunpowder-era fortification enough mass to absorb artillery fire. Built in the early 16th c …

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