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Clock Tower
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Marko
October 14, 2016
Another tower but with much more history and some art decoration, depending on the time you arrive at the city.
Sanja
August 12, 2019
The clock tower was bulit in 1667 by order of Sultan Mahmud. During Turkish rule, this was the main city gate. In the passage through the Clock Tower, there is a sculpture of the Mother of God called "The Black Virgin", because it is made of burnt wood, and she commemorates the founder Tvrtko I Kotromanić, made in the form of a bas-relief by Afran Hozić, from Sarajevo. Only in 1995 the old town clock on this tower was replaced by a new one - an electric one, donated by Zemun, a twin city of Herceg Novi. The clock tower is one of the symbols of the city.
The clock tower was bulit in 1667 by order of Sultan Mahmud. During Turkish rule, this was the main city gate. In the passage through the Clock Tower, there is a sculpture of the Mother of God called "The Black Virgin", because it is made of burnt wood, and she commemorates the founder Tvrtko I Kotr…
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