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keep

type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility
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Summary

keep is a type of building[1]. keep draws 12,089 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_building category, ranking #12 of 101).[2]

Key Facts

  • keep's instance of is recorded as type of building[3].
  • keep is a type of fortified tower[4].
  • keep is part of fortification[5].
  • keep's Commons category is recorded as Keeps[6].
  • keep's said to be the same as is recorded as Q137887272[7].
  • keep's said to be the same as is recorded as maschio[8].
  • keep's said to be the same as is recorded as Bergfried[9].
  • keep's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Keeps[10].
  • keep's Commons gallery is recorded as Torre del homenaje[11].
  • keep's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[12].
  • keep's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • keep's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[14].

Body

Definition and Type

keep's instance of is recorded as type of building[3]. keep is a type of fortified tower[4].

Use and Application

keep is part of fortification[5].

Why It Matters

keep draws 12,089 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_building category, ranking #12 of 101).[2] keep has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] keep is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Urban38 · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy', 'd
    De agostini id → dongióne
    Sitelink count → 54
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P6706]]: dongióne"
  2. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Q137887272, maschio, Bergfried
    Biblissima authority id → Pattern
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q295165, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  3. 11w ago · ZoelaErrante · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → Q137887272, maschio, Bergfried
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P460]]: [[Q18419193]]"
  4. 13w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921
    Said to be the same as → Q137887272, maschio, Bergfried
    Part of → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||hi, sv */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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