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| Setenay S 01.10.2009 |
| Priene gates and walls
The walls are of saw-tooth design, with square towers at intervals. The majority of the towers are solid, but there are hollow, two-storied towers which served as barracks for the guards. The wall includes in its circuit three city gates, the East Gate, West Gate, and South-East Gate. The East Gate, the main entrance to the city, was vaulted with a limestone arch and was reached from the outside by a long, paved ramp. Two curving walls inside the gate created a horseshoe-shaped court within which an attacking force would be trapped. The West Gate was also arched; no towers protected this gate, but the steep topography provided adequate defense. The South-East Gate was protected by a tower from which a defending force could fire on the enemy`s unprotected right flank. In two locations in the lower city wall, and once on the acropolis, staircases are preserved which led to a defensive walkway. |
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