Kanli Tower is a monumental fortress in the Old Town, built in 1539 by the Turks and located at the northernmost point of the Old Town.Kanli Tower in translation means 'bloody tower' and this notorious prison more than justified its name during the Turkish rule over Herceg Novi (1482-1687). The tower is first mentioned in written documents in 1664 in the travelogues of Evli lebelebi. It was built on the foundations of another fortress. In its current form, it is the work of Turkish builders and has preserved to this day the architectural originality of that period, but as other cultures gained control of the city, they all left their distinctive imprint on the tower, and so today we see traces of Venetian and Austro-Hungarian architecture. .The irony of this tower is that it was probably built on the foundations of some other structure that was humanitarian in nature, because on it we find a sign that says 'pro pace', which means peace.
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