Pigeon Towers: The Rise and Fall of a 17th-Century Status Symbol

During the 16th and 17th centuries, the richest people across the United Kingdom and France built beautiful towers, just for pigeons. Known as dovecotes, pigeonniers, doocots, or colombiers, these buildings served as apartment blocks for hundreds of pigeons who were waiting to be eaten by members of the nobility.
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