The Five Wells Square
Where the city kept its water through a Turkish siege, and where it now keeps quiet.
Trg pet bunara 1, 23000, Zadar, Croatia


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Venetian Cistern Heads Under the Bastion
Trg pet bunara takes its name from the five ornate stone well heads that stand in a line across it, built in the sixteenth century over a cistern the Venetians…Trg pet bunara takes its name from the five ornate stone well heads that stand in a line across it, built in the sixteenth century over a cistern the Venetians dug to keep the city supplied with water through the Ottoman sieges. The medieval walls rise directly behind them, with the Queen Jelena Madijevka park on top and the Captain's Tower at one corner.
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📍ZadarArea
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🏛Old TownSetting
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Historical landmark
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Zadar
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