Čorić Tower, Vodice

Čorić Tower is an old tower in Vodice, in Šibenik-Knin County. It is of interest to visitors drawn to the fortified architecture of the Šibenik area from the time of Venetian rule.

The tower has a ground floor, two upper floors and an attic. It is entered through the ground floor on the west side, and above the portal are three coats of arms in very poor condition, of which only one can be identified heraldically, identical to the one on the eastern façade. The ground floor ends in an uneven escarpment, which is typical of the Renaissance understanding of defensive architecture. Later an enclosure wall was added to the tower, forming a rectangular courtyard with farm buildings. It is assumed that it was built in the second half or at the end of the 15th or at the very beginning of the 16th century, when Venetian rule was intensively fortifying strategically important places in the Šibenik district.

Čorić Tower is a protected cultural good and is entered in the Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia under the code Z-4067.

Photo: Rickylotr, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
Data: Register of Cultural Goods of the Republic of Croatia (Ministry of Culture and Media), Open Licence; coordinates: Wikidata (CC0).