We present four-dimensional gauge theories in Minkowski spacetime which
effectively generate in certain energy regimes five-dimensional warped
geometries whereas, in general, the fifth dimension is latticized. After
discussing in detail several general aspects in such theories we present a
number of exactly solvable examples. We also point out how a particular case,
defined in an N-sided polygon and having a Z_N symmetry, has a similar
realization in an appropriate supersymmetric setting with D3-branes.Comment: 24 pages, latex.v2: references added and remark after eq. (54)
erased.v3: extra details on the realizations of the lattice with D3-branes
are included in sec. 4.v4: Nucl. Phys. B versio
