Dubrovnik had been, until war broke out in 1991, one of the top international tourist destinations. The city is renowned for the beauty of its monuments and magnificent walls. Dubrovnik venetian (1205-1358), and Hungarian rule, and attained formal independence after 1382, when it became the Republic of Ragusa. In the 15C and 16C its fleet numbered over 500 ships. Artistically it flourished and its wealth was greatly influenced by the discovery of America and new trade routes. Much of the old town centre dates from the rebuilding that took place after the earthquake of 1667.

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2. Popular cruise stop off point
Dubrovnik is very popular stop for cruise ship, which bring in large group of tourists to the city everyday.

3. History of Ragusa
Dubrovnik was the centre of
the maritime Ragusa
Republic. The republic
existed from 1358 to 1808,
for a total of 450 years. It
reached its commercial peak
in the 15C and 16C.
Although it was a tributary
of the Ottoman Empire but it
was virtually independent.
Being under the ‘protection’
of the Ottoman Empire. Its
merchants ship can enter
the Black Sea for trade.
A painting from 1667, kept in the
Dubrovnik archives.
A 1628 coin of the
Republic of Ragusa.

4. The Fortifications
Dubrovnik is an UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites. One of the most noticeable feature is its fortification walls. The
walls was constructed mainly between the 12C-17C. There were 8 sieges on the city but none was able to breach the
walls.

5. The original moat around the walls has turned into gardens.
Fortification - Moat

6. Fortification – St Lawrence Fort
Right – Fort Bokar, an artillery bastion. Left - Fort St Lawrence fort, guarding the entrance to the rocky cove.

7. Fortification – Cavalry ram
A cavalry ram near the entrance allowing cavalry troop to get in or out of the city in a hurry.

8. Fortification – Bastion & Fort
A gun bastion and the St John Fort defending the harbour from enemy warships.

9. Fortification - Tower
The Minceta Tower was built in 1463, at the height of the Turkish threat, with the help of Pope Pius II.

10. The Walls
Left – Pile Gate the main entrance to the city. Right – St Blaise, the patron saint of the city. He was also a physician.

11. Walls – Landward Walls
The land walls are stronger than the sea walls. The main wall is 4 to 6 metres thick, but at certaint locations, the walls
reach uo to 25 metres high.

12. Walls – Seaward Walls
The sea walls are thinner as the walls are perched on a cliff.

13. Walls - Fortress
St John Fortress extended to walls to prevent enemy ships from access the City Harbour.

14. View from the Walls
The narrow street of the walled city.

15. View from the Walls
On the steps of St Sebastian Church, Dubrovnik.

16. View from the Walls
The main street of the city connected to most well-known places and paved by marble.

17. View from the Walls
A view from the walls, with the cathedral in the middle, the town’s bell tower on the left and the St Blaise Church in ihe
foreground.

18. Cathedral
The cathedral was completed in 1713, after the earthquake of 1667 destroyed the older building. Beneath the current
building is a 7C cathedral, suggesting Dubrovnik was already well developed then.

19. The cathedral treasury is filled by precious objects, a reflection of the prosperity of its maritime trade. However, the most
well-known is the painting by Titan, the “Ascension of Mary” c1550, at the altar. The painting is similar in composition to
his first masterpiece, with the same title at Santa Gioriosa dei Frari, Venice.
Cathedral

20. Cathedral
The coloured marble and semi-precious stones inlays of a side chapel altar produced by the Opificio of Florence
established in 1588, known as an ‘opera di commessi’. This is one of the best examples of Pietre Dure artwork.

21. Cathedral - Interior
The interior of the Assumption Cathedral. It was funded partly by the English king Richard the Lion Heart.

22. Cathedral - Roof
One of the several sculptures standing on the roof of the Cathedral.

23. St Blaise
The Church of St Blaise completed in 1717.

24. Rector’s Palace
The Rector’s Palace, once the administration centre of the city. First put up in mid 15C rebuilt several times due to
earthquake.

25. Rector’s Palace
The enclosed courtyard of the Rector’s Palace, which houses the museum of Dubrovnik history.

26. Rector’s Palace
Carvings of an alchemist on the capital of the portico at the Rector’s Palace, by Michelozzo Michelozzi, one of the great
Italian architect of Renaissance age.

27. Rector’s Palace
The knocker on the door of the Rector’s Palace.

28. Sponza Palace
It was built between 1516 and 1522 and was used as the custom house but now it houses the archive of Dubrovnik.

29. The Harbour
Usually, Dubrovnik has a harbour protected by its walls and dykes. On the far side is the St John protecting the harbour
against approaching enemy ships.

30. The old harbour
The jetty in the old harbour, used to ferry tourists from off-shore cruise ships and tourist site seeing ships. Recently, the
city saw the introduction of submarine-looking glass bottom boats for sight-seeing tourists.

31. The large harbour
Dubrovnik has another harbour on the west of the city. It is mainly used by large ferries, passenger cruise ships and
modern fishing fleet.

32. The Fountains
The city has a well developed water supply system. Drinking fountains are placed at different locations in the city. This is
the Big Onofrio’s Fountain, In 1436, as Aqueduct system was constructed to bring water into the city. The Big Fountain is
one of the ending points of the aqueduct system.

33. One of the many taps on the Big Onofrio’s Fountain.
The Fountains

34. The Fountains
This is the Small Onofrio’s fountain by the
town’s bell tower, on the other side of the
town.

35. The Fountains
The sculptured head of the drinking fountain in Gundulic Square.

36. St Ignatius
This is the Baroque Jesuit staircase leading to the Jesuit St Ignatius Church. It reminds us of the Spanish staircase in
Rome.

37. St Ignatius
One of the large church in the city. It is the Jesuit Church of Ignatius, with its Baroque fascade, built in 1725.

38. St Ignatius
The interior of the church.

39. St Ignatius
A stained glass window

40. St Franciscan Monastery
St Franciscan Monastery completely destroyed in the earthquake of 1667.

41. St Franciscan Monastery
St Franciscan Monastery possesses of a library of 30,000 book and there is a dispensing pharmacy there since 1317.

42. St Franciscan Monastery
The interior of the St Franciscan Church.

43. St Franciscan Monastery
Life-size Pieta carved by the workshop of Brothers Leonard and Petar Petrovic, above the portal, flanked by st Jerome ans
St John the Baptist, 1498.

44. Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox church.

45. Serbian Orthodox
The Serbian Orthodox church of the Holy Annunciation. Orthodox church does not have altar, instead it has a screen
of icons.

46. Serbian Orthodox
An icon in the church. The Orthodox Church
believe that Jesus is a real man. But they also
believe that he is eternal, divine and the Son of
God (but separate from God).

47. Serbian Orthodox
The giant candles in the Orthodox Church.

48. Gundulic Square
This is the Gundulic square, named after the Croatian poet Ivan Gudulic, whose statue stood in the square.

49. Ivan Gundulic
There are several bronze reliefs on the monument that based of his poem Osman, which contrasted between Christianity
and Islam as freedom and slavery. Here is a scene when the heroine Suncanica is taken to the Sultan’s harem.

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Music – Ludo More, by a group in Korcula,
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