Tower-houses
A tower house is a particular type of stone structure, built for defensive purposes as well as habitation.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Ancient Kingdom of Saba | On top of the tell are the remains of a cluster of traditional Yemeni tower houses (AB ev) | |
| Benedictine Convent of St. John | the oldest towerhouse in the Alps (from the 10th century) | |
| Berat and Gjirokastra | Typical houses consist of a tall stone block structure which can be up to five stories high (kule at Gjirokastra) | |
| Florence | ||
| Historic Jeddah | ||
| Kaiping Diaolou | ||
| Koutammakou | Takienta tower houses | |
| Mesa Verde | Square Tower House | |
| Regensburg | Ca. 40 patrician houses | |
| Rila Monastery | Hrelyo's Tower, built in 1334-5 by protosebastos Hrelja in the courtyard of the Rila Monastery, is a pre-Ottoman example of an autonomous tower that served residential as well as defensive purposes (wiki) | |
| San Gimignano | ||
| Sana'a | ||
| Shibam | ||
| Siena | "In addition to the walls, the property includes many other important original elements such as (...) the residences including palaces and towerhouses." (Official description) | |
| Um er-Rasas | stylites | |
| Upper Svaneti |
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