The Bokar Tower or Kanavelić Tower, built in the late 1400s AD, in Korčula, Dubrovnik-Neretva county, Croatia. The tower bears the coat of arms of a Venetian nobleman, Agostino Barbarigo (1420 - 1501), who was Governor of Korčula and then Doge of Venice from 1486 until his death.
Korčula, Dubrovnik-Neretva county, Croatia: Bokar Tower or Kanavelić Tower (Kula Kanavelić) at the northwestern end of the town. The semi-cylindrical Kanavelić Tower was built between 1485 and 1488 and bears the coat of arms of a Venetian nobleman, Agostino Barbarigo, (1420 - 1501), who was Governor of Korčula and then Doge of Venice from 1486 until his death. Under his rule, Venice went to war against the Ottomans and lost Lepanto, Modone and Corone. The tower is now named after Petar Kanavelić (1637-1719), a poet from Korčula, and is bisected by an alley. Korčula Old Town is still surrounded by thick stone walls built in the 1300s and originally had 12 defensive towers. Today, only seven towers remain. Korčula is an island and town in the Adriatic, in the Southern Dalmatian archipelago, reached by ferry from the mainland. Korčula town was the birthplace of Marco Polo (1254 - 1324), Venetian merchant and explorer, and is today known as ‘Little Dubrovnik’. A Greek colony was founded on Korčula island in the 4th century BCE. In about the 6th century CE, the island became subject to the Byzantine Empire and in the 9th century was colonised by the Slavonic Neretvans. In 1000 AD, it submitted to the Doge of Venice. Shortly afterwards, it acceded to Croatia and after 1102 to Hungary-Croatia. In 1214, the island established its own independent statute, said to be the oldest in Dalmatia. There was a period of Venetian rule in the 1200s and 1300s, but the Venetians departed in 1358 and Korčula was ceded to Hungary. Then, in 1420, in common with Dalmatia, she returned to Venice. After the fall of Venice in 1797, the island was occupied successively by Austria, France, Russia and Great Britain before reverting to Austria from 1815 - 1918. Italy occupied the island during the First World War and until 1921, when Korčula was joined to Yugoslavia.
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Location: Bokar Tower, Kanavelić Tower, Kula Kanavelić, Korčula, Dubrovnik-Neretva county, Croatia
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