Butcher's Tower
Turnul Măcelarilor
						Butcher's Tower
				Turnul Măcelarilor
				Cezar Suceveanu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
				Original function:
town fortification
Current function:
town fortification
Settlement:
Historical Hungarian county:
Nagy-Küküllő
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.2187427615, 24.7901044527
Google map:
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				History
One of two towers built to protect the eastern Törle Gate. It is from the 12th century, the upper two storeys were added in the 16th century, together with the cannon bastion in front of it.
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