Lotrščak Tower
Medieval defence tower whose cannon fires every noon, with a rooftop lookout over the city.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Lotrščak Tower in Zagreb starts on the hill of Gradec in sixteen forty-six, with a bell that rang each evening before the town gates closed and gave the tower its odd Latin nickname. It then turns to the Grič cannon, its daily noon shot since eighteen seventy-seven, and a stubborn legend about an Ottoman commander sitting down to lunch across the Sava. Best heard just below the tower's south face, shortly before noon.
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