Merlon
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A merlon is the solid, upright section of a battlement in medieval architecture or fortifications. Merlons are sometimes pierced by narrow, vertical embrasures, or tooth-like slits designed for observ
Merlons of Alcazaba of Almería in Almería, Spain
Ghibelline merlons at Saint-Pierre Castle, Italy
Guelphs merlons in the Castle of Montechino, Italy
Battlement
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A battlement, in defensive architecture such as city walls and castles, is a parapet—a low protective wall between chest and head height—in which regularly spaced gaps or indentations, usually rectang
Merlon
…A merlon is the solid, upright section of a battlement (a crenellated parapet) in medieval architecture or fortifications. Merlons are sometimes pierced by narrow, vertical embrasures, or tooth-like slits…
Battlements on the Great Wall of China
Decorative battlements at Persepolis
Drawing of battlements on a tower
9th-century BC Assyrian relief depicting an attack on a walled town whose zig-zag-shaped battlements are clearly visible