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The Ziębice Tower is a quadrilateral, Gothic structure erected in the mid-14th century and one of two, next to the Wrocław Tower, surviving medieval gate towers in the defensive walls of Nysa. In the 16th and 17th centuries, it was partially rebuilt and heightened. To this day, the tower has preserved the Renaissance style of the building. The medieval circuit of fortifications in Nysa included 4 gates and 28 towers as well as city walls, which ran along today's green belts surrounding the old town. A second outer wall also existed around them, as evidenced by a mention of the zwinger from the first half of the 15th century. In the 19th century, the old city walls were dismantled to connect the closed city center with new districts. Part of the old fortifications remained by the Bishop's Manor, next to the current main building of the State Higher Vocational School, and by the Wrocław Gate. The tower is 42 meters high. Its highest narrow story has a crowning in the form of decorative crenellation with "teeth" – places for archers. On the outer walls of the tower, there are regular square holes – remains of decayed wooden beams that served as scaffolding during the construction of the tower. Above the entrance created in the 19th century in the ground floor, a stone, Renaissance figure of a lion is visible, made in the second half of the 16th century. It is presumed that it constitutes loot from the war expedition of Nysa burghers to Ziębice at the end of the 15th century. Practical information: Admission from Monday to Friday, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Paid admission. Sightseeing time: 1 hour. Paid parking directly below the gate.