DADO-Gracanica tower middle Ages DJI PHANTOM 3 ADVANCED

The fortress Gračanica-Lehowacz, not far from the village of Baćin Dol and Cernik settlements in western Slavonia belong to a numerous group of medieval fortresses in continental Croatia whose building structures were damaged during the Turkish wars of conquest in the first half of the 16th century and later in the war of liberation against the Turks at the end of the 17th century. The fortress Gračanica- Lehowacz was built on the property of the noble family Desislavić, at the end of 15th century or around 1500 in the form of a refuge, that is, fortress that served as a protection against the approaching Turkish threat. During this period, the fortress with an oval layout consisted of three-storey gatehouse and perimeter walls with ramparts. A palace was located inside, along the western perimeter wall. Conservation analysis of the architectural structure of the fortress and findings of preliminary archaeological research have contributed to some new knowledge and views on the architectural layering of the site. Inside the fortress, the walls of older fortification structures, dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries, were discovered. Of the entire fortification structure of the late medieval fortress, the gatehouse, with the third storey missing, and roof were preserved to a greater extent, as well as the eastern oval wall, and partially, the back side of the perimeter walls.