Capri, Italy: Villa Damecuta: Watch Tower 1
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Authors
Sheppard, Beth M.
Issue Date
May 17, 2017
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Italy , Capri , Anacapri , Villa Damecuta , Villa Di Damecuta , Medieval Towers , Watch Towers , Stone Parapets , Battlements , Crenellations
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Photograph of a stone tower, built in the Middle Ages, at the Villa Damecuta ruins in Capri, Italy. The top stone parapet is called a battlement, or crenellation. Embrasures (crenellations; spaces) alternate with merlons (solids) in order to provide military defense from the top of the tower.
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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0