Marina Tower

Marina Tower, locally known as Marinska Kula, stands in the village of Marina, in the county of Split-Dalmatia in Croatia.

The Marina Tower was built between 1495 and 1500 by Francesco Marcelli, the Bishop of Trogir, to protect the harbor village against Ottoman raids. It was severely damaged and repaired twice. Once during the Fifth Ottoman-Venetian War (a.k.a. the Cretan War) in 1657 and again during the Seventh Ottoman-Venetian War in 1717. Restoration works took place in 1971/72.

Originally, the square tower stood on a solitary rock in the harbor and could only be reached via a drawbridge. The channel between the tower and the quay was filled in and levelled in the early 20th century.

Up until 2018 the tower was home to a heritage hotel and restaurant. During works to rebuild the old drawbridge, it was discovered that the foundations of the tower were damaged. Hence, the hotel and restaurant closed down and the tower now stands empty and abandoned.

Marina Tower can not be visited, but only admired from the outside. Too bad the hotel-restaurant no longer exists, it's a nice tower.

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