Marina Tower

The 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 from Ottoman raids. It was severely damaged and repaired twice: once during the Fifth Ottoman-Venetian War (also known as the Cretan War) in 1657, and again during the Seventh Ottoman-Venetian War in 1717. Restoration work was carried out 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 leveled in the early 20th century.

Up until 2018, the tower housed a heritage hotel and restaurant. During the rebuilding of the old drawbridge, it was discovered that the tower's foundations were damaged. As a result, the hotel and restaurant closed down, and the tower now stands empty and abandoned.

The Marina Tower cannot be visited, only admired from the outside. It's a shame the hotel and restaurant no longer exist, since it's a nice tower.

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