Albarrana tower
An albarrana tower is a defensive tower detached from the curtain wall and connected to it by a bridge or an arcade. They were built by Muslims when they occupied the Iberian Peninsula between the 8th and the 15th centuries, especially from the 12th century during the Almohad dynasty and mainly in the south of Spain and Portugal where the Islamic influence was the longest.- Tower
- …stands 13 metres (43 feet) tall
- Description: defensive tower detached from the curtain wall
- Also known as“Torre Albarr㔓Torre do Relógio 1842 - 1946”
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Albarrana tower
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Latitude
39.36304° or 39° 21′ 47″ north
Longitude
-9.15746° or 9° 9′ 27″ west
Open location code
8CFG9R7V+62
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
building = yes
OpenStreetMap feature
man_made = tower
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Albarrana tower” goes by many names.
برج البرانيArabic
Torre albarranaAragonese
Torre barranyaAragonese
Dorre albarranaBasque
Torre albarranaCatalan
阿尔巴拉塔Chinese
Flanka turoEsperanto
albarranaHungarian
albarranatoronyHungarian
ਅਲਬਰਾਨਾ ਟਾਵਰPanjabi
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