crenellations

For his role as defense tower, the tower has loopholes, the battlements and crenellations.
Pour sa fonction de tour de défense, la tour comporte des meurtrières, des mâchicoulis et des créneaux.
The wall was fortified with crenellations, and the original ones have survived on one of the towers.
Le chemin de ronde était défendu par des merlons dont il en subsiste d'origine sur l'une des tours.
The base of the walls, whose masonry dates back to the Dark Ages, was reinforced with crenellations in the thirteenth century when the outer wall was built.
La base des murailles, dont la maçonnerie date du haut Moyen Âge, est renforcée par des créneaux au XIIIe siècle, lors de la construction de l’enceinte extérieure.
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