A tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor. The cited article says towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires and are therefore, along with tall buildings, self-supporting structures, and that towers are specifically distinguished from buildings in that they are built not to be habitable but to serve other functions using their height. For example, the height of a clock tower improves the visibility of the clock, and the height of a tower in a fortified building such as a castle increases the visibility of the surroundings for defensive purposes. Buildings recorded in the atlas as towers are grouped under this concept.
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Tower
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A tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor.
Somali architecture (Wikipedia)
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Somali architecture is the engineering and designing of multiple different construction types such as stone cities, castles, citadels, fortresses, mosques, temples, aqueducts, lighthouses, towers and tombs during the ancient, medieval and early modern periods in Somalia and other regions inhabited by Somalis, as well as the fusion of Somalo-Islamic architecture with Western designs in contemporary times.
Lighthouse (Wikipedia)
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A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.
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