Rödertor
Layered medieval east gate with customs houses, bastion and a climbable lookout tower.
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This guide to the Rödertor in Rothenburg ob der Tauber reads the eastern gate as a layered piece of medieval engineering, from the customs houses on the road to the tower room high above. It reaches back to the town's early thirteenth-century growth spurt and the sixteenth-century bastion beside the gate. Best heard standing just outside the outer gate, looking up at the tower windows.
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