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Tower houses in the Balkans
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A distinctive type of Ottoman tower houses developed and were built in the Balkans, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia and Serbia, as well as in Oltenia, in Romania, after the Ottoman conquest in the Middle Ages by both Christian and Muslim communities.
Tower house in Tropoje, northern Albania
Kurtpashov Tower in Vratsa, Bulgaria
Tower houses in Vatheia, Mani peninsula