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EN: This old pump, located in the courtyard between the buildings, has been repainted as Lotrščak tower, which is one of the symbols of Zagreb. You can find the tower at Gradec (Upper Town), near the former small town gate Dverce on Strossmayer promenade. Together with the Kamenita Vrata (Stone Gate) and Popov Toranj is presently considered to be the best preserved building of the ancient city defense systems.
With its foursquare layout, structure of the walls and proportions, it is definitely a Romanesque fortification object which after finishing its defensive function, has been adjusted to the needs of different times. The tower is 19 meters high , roofing 5m, and the dome 6m with total of 30 meters. Inside the tower there is a “Grič Cannon”, which is fired every day at noon. At the top, there is a dome with a gazebo and a nice view.
On the pump itself, we can see realistically painted windows and metal ornaments in the shape of the letter " X", and these are exactly the things you need to calculate the position of the final cache. Walk around the pump and count black painted doors and windows (value Y), as well as decorations in the form of the letter " X " (value X) and put the numbers in the formula for the final coordinates. Double windows count as TWO.
You can get to the courtyard entrance through all the big gateways on the south and the north side, also from the terrace of restaurant Medvedgrad (entrance from Ilica street)
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HR: Ova stara pumpa koja se nalazi u dvorištu između zgrada je ofarbana kao kula Lotrščak, koja je jedan od simbola Zagreba. Inače se nalazi na Gradecu (Gornjem Gradu), uz nekadašnja mala gradska vrata Dverce na Strossmayerovom šetalištu. Uz Kamenita vrata i Popov toranj, smatra se do danas najbolje sačuvanim objektom gradskog obrambenog sustava.
Kula po svom četvorinastom tlocrtu, po strukturi zidova i po proporcijama romanički je fortifikacijski objekt koji se nakon svoje obrambene funkcije prilagođavao potrebama raznih vremena. Kula je visoka 19 metara, krovište pet, kupola šest, ukupno 30 metara. U Kuli je smješten i Grički top, koji svakog dana pucnjem označava podne. Na vrhu se nalazi kupola s vidikovcem.
Vidimo da su na pumpi vjerno oslikani čak i prozori te metalni ukrasi u obliku slova “X”, i to su upravo stvari koje vam trebaju za pronazalak finalnog cache-a. Pažljivo obiđite pumpu te prebrojte crno oslikane prozore i vrata (vrijednost Y), kao i ukrase u obliku slova “X” (vrijednost X), te dobivene brojeve uvrstite u formulu za finalne coordinate. Dvostruki prozori se broje kao DVA.
Do dvorišta možete doći ulazom kroz sve velike haustore s južne strane i sjeverne strane, kao i kroz terasu restorana Medvedgrad (ulaz iz Ilice).
Cache je at/Cache je na N 45° 48.NNN E 015° 58.EEE
NNN = (4*X*Y-Y+2), EEE = (9*X-4*Y-3)
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