Sentence:  Instead of the haïdooks, their next of kin, the zaptiés now hold a <WSD>kula</WSD> on the highest point of the pass; here one pauses to rest after scrambling up the vile Turkish road on one side of the ravine, and before scrambling down the vile Turkish road on the other. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A tower, turret or a steeple on the Balkans erected during the period of Ottoman domination on the area.