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[[File:Bal.Kyla.jpg|thumb|Baldwin's Tower]] '''Baldwin's Tower''' ({{lang-bg|Балдуинова кула}}, ''Balduinova kula'') is a defensive [[tower]] located in the [[Bulgaria]]n town of [[Veliko Tarnovo]], in the southeast of the [[Tsarevets]] Fortress. The modern tower is designed by the architect [[Aleksandar Reshenov]] and built in 1930 based on the preserved [[medieval]] tower in the [[Cherven]] fortress near [[Ruse, Bulgaria|Ruse]]. The tower was built near the location of the Frenhisar Gate, the south entrance to Tsarevets. The medieval tower guarded the gate and a water reservoir. According to the popular legend, [[Latin Emperor]] [[Baldwin I of Constantinople|Baldwin I]] died there. Because of this, the modern tower is named Baldwin's Tower. {{Bulgaria-struct-stub}} {{coord missing|Bulgaria}}