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About Brasov
[Brah`shov]
The city of Brasov is located in the Depression of Brasov, 161 km distance from the capital Bucharest. The central position of Brasov in Romania makes this state an important travel attraction for Romanian and incoming tourists. Brasov architecture is unique, each building having its own picturesque. The best view of Brasov is from the top of Tampa mountain (960m), where you reach by cabin or by foot.
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White Tower
Local name: "Turnul Alb"
Local phonetic: [Toor`nool Ahlb]
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Ale. Dupa Ziduri, Brasov
State of Brasov, Romania
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Built between 1460 and 1494, the White Tower impresses even today by its massiveness and harmonious architectonical construction. Being placed at 59 m away from the fortress wall, this tower communicates with this wall by a mobile bridge that did link it with Graft Bastion. Inside this tower has been kept the smoke funnel above a hearth, that did serve as a fireplace as well for the guards and defenders - tin-workers and copper smith. With the great fire from April 21th 1689, the wild fire burned the White Tower too, this being restored only in 1723. A great place to see in Brasov's "Behind Walls" ("Dupa Ziduri" [Doo`pah - Zee`doorie]) area.
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