Orland pillar

Orlando's Column, Orlando's Column
Croatia, Dubrovnik
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Orland pillar

Orlando's Column, Orlando's Column
Croatia, Dubrovnik
In the center of Puddle Square in 1418, a pillar was erected, decorated with a statue of the legendary medieval knight Roland (Orlando). For more than four hundred years, the white banner of the free and independent Dubrovnik Republic has been developing on the Orland Pillar. In the old days, decrees of the Senate were read from the steps of the pillar, and the more important the decision was, the higher the step should have been. The right elbow of the brave Orlando, equal to 51.2 cm, served as a standard of length.

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Traveled 11 years ago
Rating 6
Most of all, in this funny, almost toy figure of a knight, I remember that the length of the elbow of his right hand was taken as a measure for measuring length. From here came the Dubrovnik cubit, equal to 51.2 cm.
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