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The hotel was still, one of those colonial donjons lush with tropical flowers, a fountain, and gardens.
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Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
It’s billed as the tallest medieval donjon in Europe.
—Nicole Defeudis, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2018
However, both donjon and dungeon originally referred to and still refer to, secondarily, a castle keep.
—David Dobbs, Slate Magazine, 25 Sep. 2017
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Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
It’s billed as the tallest medieval donjon in Europe.
—Nicole Defeudis, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2018
However, both donjon and dungeon originally referred to and still refer to, secondarily, a castle keep.
—David Dobbs, Slate Magazine, 25 Sep. 2017
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“Donjon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/donjon. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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