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Castle Gate No. V

Castle Gate No. V
Alba Carolina Fortress 2011 - Wall Bridge
Codrinb, CC BY-SA 3.0 RO, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
castle / fortification
Current function:
castle / fortification
Historical Hungarian county:
Alsó-Fehér
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.0678152382, 23.5674127047
Google map:

History

The gate is located in the western part of the fortress and is a side entrance to the fortress. In the 18th and 19th centuries, soldiers used to go through this gate on going to train on the nearby firing range. The gate is a 15-metre-long tunnel.

Source:  muemlekem.hu
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