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The stronghold of a medieval castle, usually in the form of a massive tower, and a place of residence, esp. in times of siege.
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Yonder is the Abbey of Saint-Martin, a shrill, cracked singer; here the gruff and gloomy voice of the Bastille; at the other end, the great tower of the Louvre, with its bass.
He imprisons Paris in a circular chain of great towers, both lofty and solid.
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Through the rusted bars, tastes, rather than glimpses, were caught of the jumbled neighbourhood; and nothing within range, nearer or lower than the summits of the two great towers of Notre-Dame, had any promise on it of healthy life or wholesome aspirations.
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Tower - great tower. I'm telling you, you don't get that cooperation very often," McElwee said.
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Head to the top of the Great Tower for a 360-degree panoramic view of Guildford and the beautiful surrounding countryside.
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Carmarthen County Council, together with the Town Council, organise (free) Historic Town Walks on Wednesday mornings during the spring and summer months, which include visits to the scaffold (actually a replica) and, much more scarily, to the 1275 Great Tower dungeon - where prisoners were strung up and left to rot.
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Incorporating part of the Great Tower that the former lords and ladies would have used to get to their private quarters, it comprises a reception hall, drawing room, sitting room, dining room, kitchen/breakfast room with AGA, galleried former chapel, second kitchen and scullery, utility, walk-in pantry and study.
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4) Dover Castle, Kent Climb the Great Tower, meet the characters and immerse yourself in medieval interiors.
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