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watchtower

tower used for the military surveillance of the surrounding area
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watchtower

Summary

watchtower is a type of building[1]. watchtower draws 100 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_building category, ranking #32 of 101).[2]

Key Facts

  • watchtower's instance of is recorded as type of building[3].
  • watchtower is a type of tower[4].
  • watchtower is a type of fortification[5].
  • watchtower is a type of Q141503865[6].
  • watchtower's Commons category is recorded as Watch towers[7].
  • watchtower's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Watchtowers[8].
  • watchtower's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as tower:type=watchtower[9].
  • watchtower's different from is recorded as observation tower[10].
  • watchtower's P14470 is recorded as Objects/Watchtower[11].
  • watchtower's P14692 is recorded as Kurikka[12].

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Definition and Type

watchtower's instance of is recorded as type of building[3]. Recorded subclass of include tower[4], fortification[5], and Q141503865[6].

Why It Matters

watchtower draws 100 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_building category, ranking #32 of 101).[2] watchtower has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] watchtower is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_watchtower_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{watchtower}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/watchtower}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-02}}
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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. 14d ago · Hirho · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → tower, fortification, Q141503865
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q141503865]]"
  2. 6w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Kurikka
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  3. 10w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Objects/Watchtower
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Objects/Watchtower, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  4. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → sculptures of Jesus Christ on the Mount of Olives
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q296834, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  5. 14w ago · PMoitrel · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Pactols thesaurus id → pcrtwh11nA4w5F
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P4212]]: pcrtwh11nA4w5F"
  6. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of building
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → tower, fortification, Q141503865
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007290946405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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