Kula Norinska

(Kula norinska)

Kula Norinska

(Kula norinska)

Jedan je od najvažnijih spomenika osmanske arhitekture u Hrvatskoj Kula Norinska, prvotno podignuta na desnoj obali rijeke Neretve, na ušću rječice Norin u Neretvu, a danas se nalazi na lijevoj obali. Izgradio ju je na samom početku 16. stoljeća pa tako i na početku osmanske vlasti u dolini Neretve Kodža Mustafa-paša Ušćuplija. Bila je dio obrambenog sustava na rijeci Neretvi uz obrambene sustave Počitelj i Gabelu. Kulu u 17. stoljeću iscrpno opisuje znameniti osmanski putopisac Evlija Čelebi koji kaže da je sama kula ima sedam katova, a kompleks su činili džamija, pristanište za brodove te skladište oružja i hrane. Zanimljivo je da i neretvanska usmena predaja bilježi legendu o kuli od sedam katova od kojih je većina potonula. Pred kraj 17. stoljeća za vrijeme tursko-mletačkih ratova kula biva više puta oštećena tako da današnji izgled zasigurno nije onaj orginalni s početka 16. stoljeća, a što je vidljivo i prema njezinim stilskim obilježjima koja su karakteristična za mletačku fortifikacijsku arhitekturu 17. i 18. stoljeća, u čijem je posjedu Kula i bila do ukidanja Mletačke Republike. Nakon toga Kula postaje vlasništvo neretvanske plemićke obitelji Nonković, da bi, prema predaji, u njoj kasnije djelovao mlin koji je pokretala vjetrenjača, a početkom 20. stoljeća na nju je postavljena spomen-ploča povodom 250. godišnjice oslobođenja doline Neretve od turske vlasti i kao takva jedan je od simbola i najpoznatiji je spomenik doline Neretve.

Tower of Norin

(Tower of Norin)

One of the most important monuments of the Ottoman architecture in Croatia is the Tower of Norin (Tower of Norin), originally built on the right bank of the Neretva river, at the mouth of the Norin stream into Neretva, while today it is on the left bank. It was built at the start of the 16th century and in the beginning of the Ottoman rule in the Neretva valley by Kodza Mustafa Pasha Uscupli. It was a part of the defence system on the Neretva river, along with the defence systems Počitelj and Gabela. In the 17th century, the tower is exhaustively described by Evliya Çelebi, an eminent Ottoman travel writer, who says that the tower itself had seven floors, while the complex was comprised of the mosque, a pier for the ships and a weapons and food warehouse. It is interesting that the Neretva oral tradition notes a legend on the tower with seven floors of which the majority sank. At the end of the 17th century, during the time of the Turkish and Venetian wars, the tower was damaged several times so that its today’s appearance is certainly not the original one from the start of the 16th century, which is visible also according to its style features typical for the Venetian fortification architecture of the 17th and 18th century. It was owned by the Venetians until the Venetian Republic ended. After that, the Tower became the property of the noble family Nonković in the Neretva region, while later, according to legend, there was a windmill in it; at the beginning of the 20th century, a plaque was placed on it on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the liberation of the Neretva valley from the Ottoman rule and as such it is one of the symbols and the most famous monument of the Neretva valley.