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Fort Lovrijenac

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Fort Lovrijenac
Fort Lovrijenac
Fort Lovrijenac
Fort Lovrijenac
Fort Lovrijenac
Fort Lovrijenac
Fort Lovrijenac
Fort Lovrijenac
Fort Lovrijenac
Fort Lovrijenac
Fort Lovrijenac
Fort Lovrijenac
Fort Lovrijenac
Fort Lovrijenac
Fort Lovrijenac
Fort Lovrijenac
Fort Lovrijenac
Fort Lovrijenac
Fort Lovrijenac
Fort Lovrijenac
Fort Lovrijenac
Fort Lovrijenac
Fort Lovrijenac
Fort Lovrijenac
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+385 20 638 800

Hours:
Sunday8am - 7:30pm
Monday8am - 7:30pm
Tuesday8am - 7:30pm
Wednesday8am - 7:30pm
Thursday8am - 7:30pm
Friday8am - 7:30pm
Saturday8am - 7:30pm


Fort Lovrijenac or St. Lawrence Fortress, often called Dubrovnik's Gibraltar, is a fortress and theater outside the western wall of the city of Dubrovnik in Croatia, 37 metres above sea level. Famous for its plays and importance in resisting Venetian rule, it overshadows the two entrances to the city, from the sea and by land. Early in the 11th century the Venetians attempted to build a fort on the same spot where Fort Lovrijenac currently stands. If they had succeeded, they would have kept Dubrovnik under their power, but the people of the city beat them to it. The Chronicles of Ragusa reveal how the fort was built within just three months time and from then on constantly reconstructed. When the Venetian ships arrived, full of materials for the construction of the fort, they were told to return to Venice. The Croatian leg of the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series takes place in Lovrijenac.
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