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Pfalzgrafenstein Castle (German: Burg Pfalzgrafenstein) is a toll castle situated on Falkenau island in the Rhine River, adjacent to Kaub, Germany. Also known as "the Pfalz", Pfalzgrafenstein Castle has never been destroyed since being established in 1326/27.
An elevated entrance fulfilled two functions: firstly, it protected the building's occupants and, secondly, the castellan could invite visitors into the domestic area of the castle. In the lower, often dimly lit floor, supplies, equipment and materiel were often stored.
The southern entrance to York, Micklegate Bar. A gatehouse is a type of fortified gateway, an entry control point building, enclosing or accompanying a gateway for a town, religious house, castle, manor house, or other fortification building of importance. Gatehouses are typically the most heavily armed section of a fortification, to compensate ...
Legend: B = keep, c = high entrance of the keep, V = residential building (palas), Z = kennel assumed by Mell, but probably the castle courtyard or part of the palas, T = flanking tower, m = circular wall (Bering), f = window openings, p = castle entrance assumed by Mell, but probably continuous wall, o = round arch portal (original and modern ...
A bent or indirect entrance is a defensive feature in medieval fortification. [1] In a castle with a bent entrance, the gate passage is narrow and turns sharply. Its purpose is to slow down attackers attempting to rush the gate and impede the use of battering rams against doors.
Atlanta Hawks' Dyson Daniels (5) defends as Milwaukee Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo shoots during a semifinal game in the NBA Cup basketball tournament Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, in Las Vegas.
South gate of Friedestrom Castle with its wicket (pedestrian entrance) Gate and wicket (manway) of Alsfeld's New Town Hall. Wickets are typically small, narrow doors either alongside or within a larger castle or city gate. The latter were often double gates, large and heavy, designed to allow the passage of wagons, coaches and horsemen.
The quarterback says learning about the various conspiracy theories surrounding the former president’s assassination was his “first entrance into pulling the veil back, as I call it, on what ...