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The article analyzes the sources and systematizes the versions about the stages of architectural development of the Tower of the Cord manufacturers and Turners and the associated sections of the High Defensive Wall of the Lviv midtown in the 14th-19th centuries. The hypothesis is substantiated that at the first stage the tower had a quadrangular shape in plan, was built of limestone and ended with merlons. The tower had wooden floors or galleries and was open from the city side.

The problem of studies of the fortification development of the Lviv midtown has a long history. As early, Bartlomej Zimorowicz was the first author who covers the history of Lviv at the 17th century. In his work "Leopolis Triplex" he pays a lot of attention to fortifications and presents materials and facts about their construction. Other researchers later relied on his work, in particular, Yaroslaw Widawski, Janusz Witwicki, Wladyslav Tomkewicz and others. Denys Zubrytskyi also made a great contribution to uncovering unknown pages of the construction of Lviv fortifications.