barbican in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

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The barbican was 68 metres by 62 metres, with a sluice gate and an archway on its western side.
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The surviving fabric includes a slot for a portcullis for the barbican's north gate, although there are no hinges for gates.
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An underground passage linked the barbican to one of the towers of the keep.
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The barbican was 68 metres wide and 62 metres deep, with a sluice gate and archway on the northern side.
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The castle could only be reached by a drawbridge over a narrow ravine, protected by a barbican.
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The barbican was 68 metres by 62 metres, with a sluice gate and an archway on the southern side.
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The barbican today is only half of its original height, and includes its own gate, designed to trap intruders within the inner defences.
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The sluice gate towers and the barbican were dismantled in 1915 when the circum-city railway was built.
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It is enclosed within what has remained of its original fortifications a barbican protecting the main gate, three bastions, and part of the walls.
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An arrowhead shaped barbican was added to the east of the moat and was protected by another moat and machicolated battlements on the north side.
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