by Darko Kovacevic 3D ARCH
Clock Tower It represents a high tower, whose lower part, made of roughly quarried squares of limestone, leans on the medieval wall of the gate. Perhaps the building itself originates from the late Middle Ages. The upper part is rebuilt in the Ottoman era with better quarried squares of gray limestone. Clock Tower was founded by Jahija-aga Ibrahim Osman, who restored the tower in 1752. The tower was entirely preserved until 1878. In the battle for liberation of The Old Town of Bar, it was partially demolished, as can be seen in Paja Jovanovic painting from 1882 and photographs from 1908. It was restored in 1922 and in the 80s, according to the information and photographs from the late XIX Century. Today it is a dominant building in the Old Town, a symbol of Ottoman architecture.
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