Type City walls In use 11th Century - 1940's | Condition Intact Owner Nuremberg | |
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Built 11th Century - 16th Century Battles/wars Battle of Nuremberg (1945) Similar Tiergärtnertor, Nuremberg Castle, Albrecht Dürer's House, Turm der Sinne, Frauentorturm | ||
The city walls of old city Nürnberg, in modern-day Nuremberg, are the defensive mechanism surrounding the city of Nuremberg, Germany. Construction started in the 12th Century and ended officially in the 16th Century, and they run for 5 kilometers (about 4 kilometers still standing) around the old town. The Nuremberg Castle together with the city wall is meant to be one of Europes most considerable medieval weir systems.
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