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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
Lovrijenac is a 16th-century fortress and theater along the Walls of Dubrovnik. [89] Rector's Palace is a palace built in the Gothic style in Dubrovnik. It also has Renaissance and Baroque elements. [90] War Photo Limited is a gallery in Dubrovnik dedicated to pictures depicting war and conflict taken by renowned photojournalists. [91]
During the Croatian War of Independence, following the breakup of Yugoslavia, military confrontations took place in Dubrovnik (Siege of Dubrovnik) and in the Plitvice Lakes area. Extensive artillery damage in Dubrovnik and landmines laid around Plitvice resulted in the two sites being listed as endangered in 1991. Following their restoration ...
The Sponza Palace (Croatian: Palača Sponza; Italian: Palazzo Sponza), also called Divona (from dogana, customs), is a 16th-century palace in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Its name is derived from the Latin word " spongia ", the spot where rainwater was collected.
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The names Dubrovnik and Ragusa co-existed for several centuries.Ragusa, recorded in various forms since at least the 10th century (in Latin, Dalmatian, Italian; in Venetian: Raguxa), remained the official name of the Republic of Ragusa until 1808, and of the city within the Kingdom of Dalmatia until 1918, while Dubrovnik, first recorded in the late 12th century, was in widespread use by the ...