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Nowadays the tower is used as a stage for events in the summer festival of Dubrovnik. The famous fortress Lovrijenac was built upon a sheer rock 37 meters high overlooking the sea. This detached fortress is of prime importance for the defence of the western part of Dubrovnik, both against attack from land and threat from the sea. The fortress was mentioned in a legend from the 11th century, but reliable date is from the 14th century, when its present form was determined. It was reconstructed several times in the centuries that followed. The main reconstruction occurred together with other fortress: in the 15th and 16th centuries. In those times the municipal builder I.K.Zanchi of Pesaro was repairing the parapets. Having suffered damage in the earthquake of 1667, Lovrijenac was also repaired in the 17th century. Triangular in plan and following the contour of the rock on which it was built, Lovrijenac faces the western suburbs with its narrowest, highest part, and its longest wall is open towards the tower Bokar and the western wall, thus protecting the small, but also the oldest port of the city - Kolorina.

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