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Curtain wall (fortification)
Defensive wall between two bastions of a fortification / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the modern architectural feature, see Curtain wall (architecture).
A curtain wall is a defensive wall between fortified towers or bastions of a castle, fortress,[1] or town.[2]
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