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Lotrščak Tower

The Lotrščak Tower is a fortified tower located in , , in an old part of town called . The tower, which dates to the 13th century, was built to guard the southern gate of the Gradec town wall.
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  • Type: Tower
  • Description: 13th-century fortress in Zagreb, Croatia nicknamed ‘the White Tower’
  • Also known as: “Kula Lotršćak”, “Lotrscak tower”, and “Lotrščak tower”
  • Address: Dverce 1, 10000
  • Roof shape: gabled

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museum of Broken Relationships and Zagreb Funicular.

Museum
Photo: Waerfelu, CC BY 3.0.
The is a museum in , , founded by artists Olinka Vištica and Dražen Grubišić. It grew from a traveling exhibition revolving around the concept of failed relationships and their ruins.

Photo: Perun, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a funicular in , , operated by the , situated in Tomić Street, connecting Ilica with Strossmayerovo šetalište to the north.

Museum
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The Croatian is a fine art museum in , dedicated to the work of naïve artists of the 20th century. The museum holdings consist of over 1,900 works of art - paintings, sculptures, drawings and prints, mainly by Croatians but also by other well-known international artists in the genre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gornji grad and Kaptol.

Quarter
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is a historic part of , , and together with it is the medieval nucleus of the city, when it was best known as Gradec or Grič.

Quarter
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is a part of , in the and it is the seat of the Roman Catholic archbishop of Zagreb. Due to its historical associations, in Croatian "Kaptol" is also used as a metonym for the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church in Croatia.

Locality
Photo: Bobonajbolji, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The or the Green Horseshoe is a U-shaped system of city squares with parks in downtown , . The horseshoe was conceived in 1882 by Croatian urbanist Milan Lenuci.

Lotrščak Tower

Latitude
45.81463° or 45° 48′ 53″ north
Longitude
15.97326° or 15° 58′ 24″ east
Elevation
160 metres (525 feet)
Inception
13th century
Height
19 metres (62 feet)
Open location code
8FQQRX7F+V8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 96950469
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­tower
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­tower
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­gabled
Geo­Names ID
12041955
Wiki­data ID
Q2986837
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In Other Languages

From Bashkir to Ukrainian—“Lotrščak Tower” goes by many names.
  • Bashkir: “Лотрщак башняһы”
  • Chinese: “洛特爾薩克塔”
  • Croatian: “Kula Lotrščak”
  • Croatian: “Lotrščak”
  • French: “tour Lotrščak”
  • French: “Tour Lotrščak”
  • German: “Lotrščak-Turm”
  • Hungarian: “Lotrščak-torony”
  • Korean: “로트르슈차크탑”
  • Macedonian: “Лотршчак”
  • Polish: “Wieża Lotrščak”
  • Russian: “Башня Лотршчак”
  • Russian: “Башня Лотрщак”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kula Lotrščak”
  • Spanish: “Torre Lotrscak”
  • Spanish: “Torre Lotrščak”
  • Swedish: “Lotrščaktornet”
  • Ukrainian: “Вежа Лотршчак”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Lotrščak Tower”. Photo: SpeedyGonsales, CC BY-SA 3.0.