Ul. Vrata od Pila - Dubrovnik
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N 42° 38.506 E 018° 06.401
34T E 262797 N 4725093
A footbridge leading into the Pile gates of the walled city of Dubrovnik.
Waymark Code: WMPPWJ
Location: Croatia
Date Posted: 10/04/2015
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"Pile Gate consist of Inner and Outer City Gates. Outer City gates with a Renaissance arch in the form of a semi-circular fortress were built in 1537. To this gates, over the City trench, leads a stone bridge with a wooden drawbridge insert that was heaved up in position by means of winch and counterwights. During the Dubrovnik Republic the drawbridge was closed each night. Nowdays the gates of Dubrovnik are always open to countless visitors.
First stone bridge was build in 1397 by Ivan of Siena. That bridge had only one arch and stone benches on both sides. That bridge was the same as the outer gate bridge of Ploce Gate as the Ploce gate bridge was built in 1449-50 according to the Pile Gate prototype. Crossing this bridge one comes to the Revelin fortress.
In 1471. the City trench had been widened and the new bridge with three arches was built in lieu of the former Pile gate bridge according the design of Paskoje Milicevic.
In 1533-1537 the first bridge arch had been demolished and the gate had been re-made to take on the shape as they have today and the movable wooden gate bridge had been inserted in the design. "
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