Baldwin's Tower - Veliko Tarnovo: Working hours, Activities, Visitor reviews
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Information about Baldwin's Tower
The Baldwin Tower is located within the walls of the Tsarevets Castle in Veliko Tarnovo, and was erected near the place where the Vrinhisarska Gate, which was the southern entrance to the castle and was the weakest of the three entrances, served as a guard for the entrance and for the water supply equipment of the Yantra River, and its name is associated with With the legend that the Latin Emperor Baldwin of Flanders died in it after being imprisoned by the Bulgarian Tsar Kaloyan after the Battle of Tsar Kaloyan in 1205, the modern tower was built in 1930 under the project of architect Alexander Alexander Reshenov, who followed the medieval tower forms preserved in Chervin.
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