Lotrscak Tower Zagreb
by Jasna Dragun
Title
Lotrscak Tower Zagreb
Artist
Jasna Dragun
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Photograph - Photography
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Lotrscak Tower is one of the symbols of Zagreb. Located in Gradec, with the former small city gate Dverce on Strossmayer promenade. With the Stone Gate and Popov Tower is considered to present the best preserved building of the city defense system. Lotrscak initially called a house of Dverca, but since 1646, when it placed a bell (lat. Campana latrunculorum - bell robbers, thieves, or distorting the old Zagreb word "lotrijasa") began to call the Lotrscak.
The tower of your Foursquare plan, the structure of the walls and the proportions of the Romanesque fortification that after their defense functions adapted to the needs of different times. Its present appearance in the 19th century after the remodeling carried out by architect Kuno Waidmann. The tower is 19 meters high, Roofing five, six domes, a total of 30 meters.
In the tower is located Gricki top, which every day gunshot marks noon. At the top of the dome with a gazebo. Lotrscak Tower is protected monument of the Republic of Croatia.
My original photo, caught in Zagreb, Croatia, December 2016 .
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December 28th, 2016
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