CIMG2731 A segment of a winged wall in Uzupis

A segment of a winged wall in Uzupis

CIMG2731 A segment of a winged wall in Užupis

CIMG2731 This and the next picture show what I call a “wall with wings”. I found it in the Užupis neighborhood of Vilnius, Lithuania. As you see, on top of the wall there is another house. I found a similar architectural oddity at a different location in Vilnius. I call that place a “two-level-courtyard”.

I wonder what was the purpose of these structures?

Vilnius, Lithuania, May 2006