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Black Tower in Brasov, Transylvania county in Romania. The tower was built in 1494 on a rock on Straja Hill, near the Blacksmiths ' bastion. It has a square shape and it is 9 m high. In 1599 the tower was destroyed by lightning. So, it's got it's name from its walls being blackened by the fire caused by the lightning. Today, it is no longer black.