"A tower house is a particular type of stone structure, built for defensive purposes as well as habitation. Tower houses began to appear in the Middle ...
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Ages, especially in mountainous or limited access areas, in order to command and defend strategic points with reduced forces. At the same time, they were also used as an aristocrat´s residence, around which a castle town was often constructed." - (en.wikipedia.org 02.03.2020)