Roman tri­umphal col­umn. The col­umn was built in 328 by Emper­or Con­stan­tine I the Great (r. 306–337), who found­ed the …

A medieval Genoese tow­er in the Gala­ta sec­tion of the Bey­oğlu dis­trict of Istan­bul, Turkey. Sit­u­at­ed on a high hill i…

33-метровая гиперболоидная башня, единственная в Средней Азии, построенная Шуховым в 1927 году. До 1970‑х годов она с…

Built in the ear­ly 13th cen­tu­ry a few kilo­me­tres south of Del­hi, the red sand­stone tow­er of Qutb Minar is 72.5 m high…

The old water tow­er looks so impres­sive that it seems like one of the tow­ers of the Old City that acci­den­tal­ly jumped…

One of the two fire tow­ers of the fortress, designed to pro­tect its most vul­ner­a­ble south­ern side, was built in 1460.…

One of the few remain­ing bits of the medieval defence wall that once sur­round­ed the town, built between 1360 and 1365…

The bright red tow­er in ori­en­tal style stands near­ly 50 m tall and hosts Japan­ese art from before export to the West …

Built in hon­or of Tra­jan’s vic­to­ries over the Dacians. The emper­or’s tri­umph is cap­tured in the form of sculp­tur­al de…

Locat­ed on the cas­tle hill. The obser­va­tion deck offers a panoram­ic view of the old city. The tow­er hous­es a branch o…

In the orig­i­nal ver­sion, it was still red, with red brick cladding. The tow­er approx­i­mate­ly dates back to the first h…

The Bur­bant Tow­er is an impos­ing Anglo-Nor­mand dun­geon, built around 1166 by the Count of Hain­aut, Bau­douin IV, calle…

Twen­ty-three bel­fries in the north of France and the bel­fry of Gem­bloux in Bel­gium were inscribed in 2005, as an exte…