Clock tower (Sahat kula), Ulcinj

Clock tower of 1754 built from the donations of Ulcinj's citizens

Clock tower · Built 1754 · Ulcinj

Photo: Herbert Frank from Wien (Vienna), AT · CC BY 2.0

The clock tower of Ulcinj was built in 1754 from the voluntary donations of the town's citizens, to call people to work and remind them of their civic duties. It is square in plan and built of dressed stone, and its position was chosen so that it could be seen, or its strikes heard, from all parts of the town. For a long time a keeper called the muvekit looked after the clock's accuracy. It dates from the Ottoman period of the town (1571-1878/80).

Visiting

No visiting information was found, and the tourist organisation does not say whether the tower stands inside the Old Town walls. Montenegro has other clock towers too, in Pljevlja and Stari Bar.