Culture and history
Prince of Wales Tower National Historic Site
History
History of Prince of Wales Tower National Historic Site.
Architecture
Architecture of Prince of Wales Tower.
Halifax Defence Complex
Find information on the Halifax Defence Complex of national historic sites, Halifax, Nova Scotia
History
The first tower of its type ever built in North America; the Prince of Wales Tower is part of the robust Halifax Defence Complex constructed, beginning in the 1790s, to protect British sea batteries from a French landward attack.
Architecture
The Prince of Wales Tower is a squat round structure built of stone, almost three times as wide as it is high.
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