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City Walls and Towers
Stretches of the old Saxon walls, with the Black and White Towers on the hillside and Catherine's Gate.
- Open
- Always; the towers keep their own hours
- Price
- Free; paid to enter the towers
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Strada Poarta Schei, 500025 BrașovDirections
- Getting There
- Along the western edge of the old town.
Why Go
The guilds of Brașov each defended a bastion of the walls. Catherine's Gate of 1559 still has its four corner turrets, and the Black and White Towers on the slope above have views over the town.
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