Frauentorturm
Massive round gate tower of the medieval city wall, encased in stone against cannon in the 1500s.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Frauentorturm in Nuremberg follows the builder Jörg Unger in fifteen fifty-eight, at work on one of the four great corner towers of the city wall. It is a story about engineering, about what new weapons did to old medieval walls, and about the gate, the convent and the coded name that belong to this corner of the old town. Best heard standing just outside the gate, where you can see the full curve of the stone.
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