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Večka Tower

Great spot to enjoy the view and the beach.

by ivanben     Croatia

Attention! This Geocache is "Archived"! There is no physical container at the specified (or to be determined) coordinates. In the interest of the place it should not be necessarily to search!

N 44° 16.773' E 015° 27.193' (WGS84)

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 Size: micro
Status: Archived
 Hidden on: 22 March 2017
 Published on: 22 March 2017
 Last update: 22 December 2022
 Listing: https://opencaching.de/OC13840

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Večka TowerThe cache is hidden on a beautiful cape shaped beach with the view of the mountains. On the beach there is a ruin of an old fortress, the cache is in a hole in a ruinous wall by the sea. The place is not directly on the main road, and it's a great spot to rest, enjoy the view, go for a swim, learn some new things about the area.

Located at the edge of Večko polje(field), Večka kula(tower) was built by Venetians in 16th century as a part a fortification system that protected Podvelebitski Channel from the Turks. Presumably the tower was attached to the village of Veče (Veche), which was located in the area of modern Seline and was first mentioned by written sources in year 1508.
Večka tower strategically placed at a location from which it was possible to watch the ships passing through Channel. From here, an important communication route crossed the channel to Vinjerac and continued into the Zadar’s hinterland. Another route led through the Velika Paklenica gorge and across Velebit into the Lika highlands. In the second half of the 17th century, Večki porat is mentioned as the main port for export of lumber cut in Paklenica. The village of Veče probably had disappeared by that time due to Turkish incursions.
Many legends have been told about Večka Tower. The best-known among them is the legend of King Pasoglav (Doghead).

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Log entries for Večka Tower    Found 0x Not found 2x Note 0x Maintenance 2x

OC-Team Archived 22 December 2022 Opencaching.de has archived the cache

This cache has been "temporarily unavailable" for more than 6 months now; therefore it is being archived automatically. The owner may decide to maintain the cache and re-enable the listing.

OC-Team Temporarily not available The geocache needs maintenance. 20 June 2022 dogesu has disabled the cache

This cache hasn't been found till now and the logs let assume that it isn't there any more.

The owner should check the situation and so I change the status to "Momentan nicht verfügbar". When the cache can be found again, the owner may reactivate this listing with a log of the type "kann gesucht werden".

If there are any questions you can contact me or the team.

dogesu (OC-Support)

Not found The geocache needs maintenance. 13 June 2022, 20:15 Riedxela did not find the geoacache

Ebenfalls nichts gefunden in der alten Mauer.
Der Cache ist weg und sollte gewartet oder archviert werden.

Grüße Riedxela

Not found 11 October 2018, 11:17 GC_QuiGon did not find the geoacache

DNF  :( i think its gone..