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nouna fortified defensive structure
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- keep the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
- dungeon the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
- granada a city in southeastern Spain that was the capital of the Moorish kingdom until it was captured by Ferdinand and Isabella in 1492; site of the Alhambra (a palace and fortress built by Moors in the Middle Ages) which is now a major tourist attraction
- bastille a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution
- presidio a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings
- alcazar any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors
- tower of london a fortress in London on the Thames; used as a palace and a state prison and now as a museum containing the crown jewels
- donjon the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
- machu picchu Inca fortress city in the Andes in Peru discovered in 1911; it may have been built in the 15th century