Look careful at the two levels of holes. This is a casemate (or casement) meant to protect canons. Michelozzo's cylinder is both elegant and functional -- and perhaps presages the gun turrets which would eventually adorn battleships and tanks.The Bokar citadel and th Minceta tower suffered serious damage during the 1991 bombardment.

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