Clock tower
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Sahat-kula - tower in the historic part of Herceg Novi, which became a full-time symbol of the city. Other names tower: Sat Kula, Clock Tower, or the Torah.

Erected in 1494, when she played the role of the bell tower of the Cathedral of Vyborg. Since 1753 the tower crowned by a massive clock with a bell. This was followed by another completion - from the two-tier structure has another tier, which was third. In architectural terms, this completion is made in the classic style.

Another function, later entrusted to the tower - fire-tower with an observation deck at the top.

During Turkish rule Clock Tower is a main entrance to the city. Today the tower passageway connects the two key urban areas.

The tower is decorated with a bas-relief of a unique burnt wood "Black Madonna." This work was performed Aphranius Hozichem, Sarajevo sculptor. His appearance on the tower timed memory of the founder of the city, Serbian and Montenegrin king - Tvrtko I kotromanici. Bell-alarm, which is preserved in the tower to this day - it is a gift to citizens Herceg Novi from the Russian Empress Catherine II.

The clock mechanism inside the tower until 1995, remained an ancient, hours operated using heavy weights. He was eventually replaced by modern electronic.

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