Kanli Kula

Kanli Kula is a fortress with an open-air amphitheater in Herceg Novi, Montenegro.

The Venetians made various repairs and additions in 1687, soon after conquering Herceg Novi.

At some stage it lost its original purpose and became a prison, and was thereafter called “Bloody Tower“.

The depicted ships were in service in 16th and 17th centuries, which allowed historians to date the founding of the prison.

[4] Events that are organised in Kanli Kula have included the Herceg Novi Film Festival, Guitar Art Summer Fest and the Operosa Montenegro Opera Festival.

Drawings of ships on the walls of the prison in Kanli Kula