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The Casemate Curtain (the XV-XVIII centuries ) is located between the Overgate and Coastal Towers. It looks like two parallel defensive walls, located on 4.2 m distance. The two-tiered buildings are located between them. Now, the North-eastern wall of the Casemate Curtain looks like a two-tiered wall with a row of the cannon loopholes. The both tiers of the Casemate Curtain are covered with stone vaults.

Памятники градостроительства и архитектуры Украинской ССР; (Ил. справ.-каталог): В 4-х т./ Гл. редкол.: Н.Л. Жариков (гл. ред.) и др. - К.: Будівельник, 1983-1986.

The Curtain - (from Latin cortina)

1. An area of the Fortress Wall, that connects two towers or parts of the bastions, that face each another.

2. The wall, that closes the U-shaped building, forming the courtyard.

3. In mordern architecture, it is an external hinged wall of the house.

Архітектура: Корот. словник-довідник / А.П.Мардер, Ю.М.Євреїнов, О.А.Пламеницька та ін.; За заг. ред. А.П.Мардера. - К.: Будівельник, 1995. - 335 с.: іл.

Translated by Yana Anufriyeva
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