User:Dieterdreist/Sandbox/Towers
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Typology
Different types of towers:
in fortifications
bastion historic tower (in citywalls, in castles, Bergfried, )
- half tower / open tower / open-gorged tower (is open on the rear), wikipedia
other defensive
- watchtower
- at borders and military installations (controlling or defending towards the outside)
- in prisons (watching inside)
historic towers in town residences (private towers)
historic tower houses (e.g. in medieval Europe) 
representative
- man_made=communications_tower television tower
- building=office_tower office tower
- tower residence / apartment tower
- hotel tower
- bell tower (free standing / part of church building) / carrilon
- minarett
- library
- culture palace (eastern europe, ex cssr)
leisure
- panorama tower / viewing tower
- diving tower
monument
- man_made=tower + network=Bismarckturm + tower:type=monument Bismarckturm
- historic=monument + monument=? jubilee tower
other Examples:
Ossuary
functional structures
- man_made=cooling_tower cooling tower
- power=tower power tower
- man_made=water_tower water tower
- man_made=lighthouse lighthouse
- Schlauchturm
- transmission tower (non accessible radio transmission tower)
- drop tower, [[3]]
- air traffic control tower
Interesting Properties
- height=*
- building_levels=*
- has a public observation deck?
- number of elevators
- start_date=*
- historic:civilization=* (for ancient towers)