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Goat Towers
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Goat towers date back over a century, but many more recent ones their inspiration back to one in particular: Torre das Cabras (Tower of the Goats), a winding turret built in Portugal during the late 1800s. This particular tower a jagged stone facade wrapped in a wooden ramp and topped with a round peaked roof. While not quite as aesthetically lofty as a faux Roman temple, Egyptian pyramid, or Gothic abbey, it was in many ways a product of its era, at home in a period filled with architectural follies designed to up landscapes. Situated on a broad winery estate, the goat tower is one of various “artistic daydreams with no explanation,” according to 13th-generation member of the family that owns the land. It was built by his ancestors, who believed that “the goats did not belong to the plains and thus built the goat tower, so they could have a mountain.”
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