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Tenchyns'ka Tower, the end of the XIV - the second half of the XV century. Preservation #730/11 | Foto
Zamkova St.
It is
situated on the turn of the south-western defensive wall of the main yard of
the Old Castle. It projects on three forth over its floor side. In the second
half of the XV century, the rocky base of the Tower was strenthened by the stone
laying. In the XVIII century, it was filled with earth almost till the level
of the forth tier from the side of the Castle yard. Now, it is about 21 m high
from the South. Its diameter is 7 m. The stone wall thickness is 2 m. The diameter
of the fifth tier is 7.9 m, due to the projecting corbels. The thickness of
the barrier wall is 0.9 m. The coverings in the Tower are flat on beams. There
is a conic stone copula over the forth tier. The difference between the levels
of the floor of the intraparietal passage of the Tower and battle tiers of the
defensive walls adjoining to it, is made in the form of the stone srairs in
the walls. The loopholes are of two types - in the form of the key and round
ones.
The white-stone portal, done in the Gothic Style, remained on the northern elevation
of the Tower. The white-stone corbels and level cornice are with typical profiles
for the Gothic Style.
The scarp walls of the base of the Tower, level coverings, copula, arcature,
parapet with the loopholes of the upper tier, and external are restored in the
Tower.
The monument is a typical example of the of the developed flanking Medieval
towers.
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Translated
by Yana Anufriyeva
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