Kanli Kula
Kanli Kula is a fortress with an open-air amphitheater in Herceg Novi, Montenegro. The name is of Turkish origin, and means "bloody tower".Photo: Lessormore, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Halavar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Savina monastery.
Savina monastery
Monastery
Photo: Mercy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Savina Monastery is a Serbian Orthodox monastery of three churches near the city Herceg Novi in the Bay of Kotor, located in thick Mediterranean vegetation in one of the most beautiful parts of the Montenegrin Littoral. Savina monastery is situated 1¼ km east of Kanli Kula.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Herceg Novi and Podi.
Herceg Novi
Photo: Halavar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Although not the most spectacular city in Montenegro, Herceg Novi is probably the most pleasant and warrants several days' visit. The cities have similar architecture but Herceg Novi is neither as grand nor as touristy and expensive.
Meljine
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Meljine is a small town located in the municipality of Herceg Novi, Montenegro.
Kanli Kula
- Type: Castle
- Description: fortress in Herceg Novi, Montenegro, used as an open-air theater
- Categories: fortress, sylvan theater, building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Herceg Novi, Montenegro, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.45234° or 42° 27′ 8″ northLongitude
18.53793° or 18° 32′ 17″ eastOpen location code
8FJWFG2Q+W5OpenStreetMap ID
way 145949506OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q97039434
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Turkish—“Kanli Kula” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Канли Кула”
- German: “Kanli Kula”
- Serbian: “Канли кула”
- Serbian: “Канли Кула”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Tvrđave u Herceg Novom”
- Turkish: “Kanlı Kule”
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Highlights include Gradski Arhiv and Consulate general of the Republic of Serbia.
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