Bell – Tower

Location: DOBRINJ, N 45 07.845, E 14 36.186

The legend says that when the Dobrinj tower was built, evil tongues put a curse on the future building, saying that it was predestined to be under constant threat of caving in. It was struck by lightning twice, entirely demolished in the Second World War and attacked by the Uskoks once. This proves that the curse put on the bell-tower was active. In addition to being mysterious, almost mystical, the bell-tower of Dobrinj is specific in that it is not located next to the parish church and in that ‘it does not stretch on one terrain only’ (‘niti se prostire na jednom terenu’). One part of it stands at the entrance to Zemjina, a viewing spot, and the other in the park of Dobrinj forever known as Jardin. After enjoying a panoramic view from Zemjina, take a walk along Jardin where Vladimir Nazor, a great Croatian literary writer, and the wonderful, unfortunate woman of Vrbnik, Marija Parčić, used to stroll at the beginning of the 20th century.