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What is a dungeons?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

A dungoen is a place where prisoners are kept. In the past, it used to double as the keep. In its original medieval usage, the dungeon was the keep, the main tower of a castle which formed the final defensive position the garrison could retreat to when outer fortifications were overcome. It was also a safe, if not comfortable, place to keep prisoners. Once more luxurious housing for the lord of the castle was constructed, the dungeon was used mainly for this purpose. Its meaning has evolved over time to also mean an underground prison or burial vault, typically built underneath a castle

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16y ago

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