All barbican synonyms

noun barbican

• landmark — a prominent or conspicuous object on land that serves as a guide, especially to ships at sea or to travelers on a road; a distinguishing landscape feature marking a site or location: The post office served as a landmark for locating the street to turn down.
• observatory — a place or building equipped and used for making observations of astronomical, meteorological, or other natural phenomena, especially a place equipped with a powerful telescope for observing the planets and stars.
• beacon — A beacon is a light or a fire, usually on a hill or tower, which acts as a signal or a warning.
• lighthouse — a tower or other structure displaying or flashing a very bright light for the guidance of ships in avoiding dangerous areas, in following certain routes, etc.
• mirador — (in Spanish-speaking countries) any architectural feature, as a loggia or balcony, affording a view of the surroundings.
• tower — the fiber of flax, hemp, or jute prepared for spinning by scutching.
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• stronghold — a well-fortified place; fortress.
• turret — a small tower, usually one forming part of a larger structure.
• fortification — the act of fortifying or strengthening.
• lookout — Cape, a sandy reef in the Outer Banks, off E North Carolina, SW of Cape Hatteras: lighthouse.