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The Walls of Dubrovnik (Croatian: Dubrovačke gradske zidine) are a series of defensive stone walls surrounding the city of Dubrovnik in southern Croatia. [ Note 1 ] [ 1 ] Ramparts were built in the outlying areas of the city, including the mountain slopes as part of a set of statues from 1272. [ 2 ]
CITY GUIDES: Besides the Old Town charm and pebble beach, this awe-inspiring walled city heaves with places to eat, drink, shop, stay and explore, finds Lucy Thackray
Stradun (pronounced) or Placa (Stradone or Corso), whose name derives from Venetian, and means "large road" or "wide road", [1] is the main street of Dubrovnik, Croatia.The limestone-paved pedestrian street runs some 300 metres through the Old Town, the historic part of the city surrounded by the Walls of Dubrovnik.
In Europe the height of wall construction was reached under the Roman Empire, whose walls often reached 10 metres (33 ft) in height, the same as many Chinese city walls, but were only 1.5 to 2.5 metres (4 ft 11 in to 8 ft 2 in) thick. Rome's Servian Walls reached 3.6 and 4 metres (12 and 13 ft) in thickness and 6 to 10 metres (20 to 33 ft) in ...
Dubrovnik's most famous church is St Blaise's Church, built in the 18th century in honor of Dubrovnik's patron saint. Dubrovnik's baroque Cathedral houses relics of Saint Blaise. The city's Dominican Monastery resembles a fortress on the outside but the interior contains an art museum and a Gothic-Romanesque church.
The thickness of the walls facing the outside reach 12 metres (39 ft) whereas the section of the walls facing the inside, the actual city, are only 60 centimetres (24 in) thick. [3] Two drawbridges lead to the fort and above the gate, there is an inscription Non Bene Pro Toto Libertas Venditur Auro (It is not good that liberty is sold for gold).
The walls are 4 to 6 metres (13–20 feet) thick on the landward side but are much thinner on the seaward side. The system of turrets and towers was intended to protect the vulnerable city. The walls of Dubrovnik have also been a popular filming location for the fictional city of King's Landing in the HBO television series, Game of Thrones. [98]
Srđ is a low mountain just behind the walled city of Dubrovnik in Dalmatia, Croatia. [1] The mountain, part of the Dinaric Alps , has a height of 412 metres (1,352 ft). [ 2 ] At its top is a large white stone cross and Fort Imperial , a defensive structure built by the French in 1810 during the Napoleonic Wars .