Zadvarje
Zadvarje is the gate ("duare" in Italian) to Primorje and the Cetina river, located above the gorge, with great torrents of the Gubavica. The Turks expanded the existing fortress in the 16th century, taking control over Dubci and the Cetina. Fearing for their safety, the citizens of Omis bribed Murat, the bey of Zadvarje, with gold. Leaving Omis, Murat had an orgy and kidnapped a girl in the Kucici village. Katica, who was still a child, cried for mercy, but janissaries spurred the bey with their howling. It was a full moon over Zadvarje when the bey brought the girl into his castle. He ripped of her clothes and raped her. Katica kept scratching Murat's face with her fingernails until he was all covered with blood. The bey went berserk and strangled the girl with bare hands.
It’s been 460 years since the crime, but still, during the nights of the full moon, a ghost of Murat, covered with blood, stumbles and howls along the walls of the castle.
Drive out of the centre of Zadvarje to the water station, and then, after gaining the permit, go round the administration building and you will be at the “Murat tower” in ten minutes.
Zadvarje is the gate ("duare" in Italian) to Primorje and the Cetina river, located above the gorge, with great torrents of the Gubavica. The Turks expanded the existing fortress in the 16th century, taking control over Dubci and the Cetina. Fearing for their safety, the citizens of Omis bribed Murat, the bey of Zadvarje, with gold. Leaving Omis, Murat had an orgy and kidnapped a girl in the Kucici village. Katica, who was still a child, cried for mercy, but janissaries spurred the bey with their howling. It was a full moon over Zadvarje when the bey brought the girl into his castle. He ripped of her clothes and raped her. Katica kept scratching Murat's face with her fingernails until he was all covered with blood. The bey went berserk and strangled the girl with bare hands.
It’s been 460 years since the crime, but still, during the nights of the full moon, a ghost of Murat, covered with blood, stumbles and howls along the walls of the castle.
Drive out of the centre of Zadvarje to the water station, and then, after gaining the permit, go round the administration building and you will be at the “Murat tower” in ten minutes.
