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The quadrangular tower of Mule was built in 1346 and is the first of its sort in Dubrovnik. It played a major role in the...
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St.John's Fortress Dubrovnik
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Walls of Dubrovnik Croatia
➤”The Walls of Dubrovnik (Croatian: Dubrovačke gradske zidine) are a series of defensive stone walls surrounding the city of Dubrovnik in southern Croatia. With numerous additions and modifications throughout their history, they have been considered to be amongst the great fortification systems of the Middle Ages, as they were never breached by a hostile army during this time period. In 1979, the old city of Dubrovnik, which includes a substantial portion of the old walls of Dubrovnik, joined the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
The oldest systems of fortifications around the town were likely wooden palisades. Today's intact city walls, constructed mainly during the 12th–17th centuries, mostly a double line, have long been a source of pride for Dubrovnik. The walls run an uninterrupted course of approximately 1,940 metres (6,360 ft) in length, encircling most of the old city, and reach a maximum height of about 25 metres (82 ft). The bulk of the existing walls and fortifications were constructed during the 14th and 15th centuries, but were continually extended and strengthened up until the 17th century.
This complex structure, amongst the largest and most complete in Europe, protected the freedom and safety of a civilised and sophisticated republic that flourished in peace and prosperity for some five centuries. The walls were reinforced by three circular and 14 quadrangular towers, five bastions (bulwarks), two angular fortifications and the large St. John's Fortress. Land walls were additionally reinforced by one larger bastion and nine smaller semicircular ones, like the casemate Fort Bokar, the oldest preserved fort of that kind in Europe. The moat that ran around the outside section of the city walls, which were armed by more than 120 cannons, provided superb city defense capabilities.”
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The Beauty of Dubrovnik Ancient City Walls - Walking Tour 2015 Full HD
Take a walking tour of the City Walls of Dubrovnik (Croatia). Also this is one of the locations where Game of Thrones is filmed. In that world Dubrovnik is known as King's Landing.
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The city walls are considered to be one of the most grandiose fortification monuments in Europe. The entire city core of Dubrovnik is encircled within these walls. The first fortifications were built in the 8th century, most of the construction took place from the mid-15th to the end of the 16th century. The huge earthquake in 1667 didn't do much damage. And since then both man and nature failed at destroying these massive but beautiful walls.
The main wall on the land side is 4 to 6 meters (13-20 feet) thick, but narrower on the side facing the sea 1.5 to 3 meters (5-10 feet) thick. Its height reaches 25 meters (83 feet) in some places. The walls run an uninterrupted course of approximately 1,940 metres (6,360 ft) in length. The wall on the land side is protected by an additional scarp wall as a defence against artillery fire. The main wall has 14 quadrangular and 2 circular towers, 2 angular fortifications and 4 bastions. Thw wall is protected at four points by strong forts. The strong round Tower Minčeta is to the north, the port is protected by the detached Fortress Revelin in the east and by the big complex of the Fortress of Saint John in the south-east. The western entrance to the city is protected by the strong and beautiful Bokar fortress. The western end of the city is also protected from the sea and land by powerful detached Fortress Lovrijenac.
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This is the view from Fort Lovrijenac in Dubrovnik, Croatia. It's also known as St. Lawrence Fortress.
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The walls of Dubrovnik fortress located in southern Croatia
The Walls of Dubrovnik are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded and protected the citizens of the afterward proclaimed maritime city-state of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), situated in southern Croatia, since the city's founding prior to the 7th century as a Byzantium castrum on a rocky island named Laus (Ragusia or Lave).With numerous additions and modifications throughout their history, they have been considered to be amongst the great fortification systems of the Middle Ages, as they were never breached by a hostile army during this time period. In 1979, the old city of Dubrovnik, which includes a substantial portion of the old walls of Dubrovnik, joined the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
Walls of Dubrovnik
The Walls of Dubrovnik (Croatian: Dubrovačke gradske zidine) are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded and protected the citizens of the afterward proclaimed maritime city-state of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), situated in southern Croatia, since the city's founding prior to the 7th century as a Byzantium castrum on a rocky island named Laus (Ragusia or Lave). With numerous additions and modifications throughout their history, they have been considered to be amongst the great fortification systems of the Middle Ages, as they were never breached by a hostile army during this time period. In 1979, the old city of Dubrovnik, which includes a substantial portion of the old walls of Dubrovnik, joined the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
The oldest systems of fortifications around the town were likely wooden palisades.Today's intact city walls, constructed mainly during the 12th–17th centuries,[6] mostly a double line, have long been a source of pride for Dubrovnik. The walls run an uninterrupted course of approximately 1,940 metres (6,360 ft) in length, encircling most of the old city, and reach a maximum height of about 25 metres (82 ft).[3] The bulk of the existing walls and fortifications were constructed during the 14th and 15th centuries, but were continually extended and strengthened up until the 17th century.
This complex structure, amongst the largest and most complete in Europe, protected the freedom and safety of a civilised and sophisticated republic that flourished in peace and prosperity for some five centuries.The walls were reinforced by three circular and 14 quadrangular towers, five bastions (bulwarks), two angular fortifications and the large St. John's Fortress. Land walls were additionally reinforced by one larger bastion and nine smaller semicircular ones, like the casemate Fort Bokar, the oldest preserved fort of that kind in Europe. The moat that ran around the outside section of the city walls, which were armed by more than 120 cannons, provided superb city defense capabilities.
OLD TOWN PORT-FERRY PORT DUBROVNIK CROATIA
The port is encompassed by two breakwaters: breakwater Porporela in front of St. John fortress and Kaše breakwater going perpendicular across the port bay. In the time of the Dubrovnik Republic several forts protected the port: St Luke Fort, St John fortress and Revelin fortress. Today the port is a safe haven for many private boats of local citizens. Alos regular boat line to Lokrum island departs from the Old Port, as well as the boat lines to Cavtat, Mlini, and various sightseeing boat tours.
Dubrovnik - Croatia (Horvátország)
Dubrovnik (Raguza)
- 0:37 - Pile Gate / Gradska vrata Pile / Pile-kapu
- 0:56 - Main street Palaca-Stradun / Palaca-Stradun
- 1:13 - Curch of St. Saviour / Crkva svetog Spasa / Sv. Spas-templom
- 1:34 - Big Onofrio's fountain / Velika Onofrijeva fontana / Onofrio kútja
- 2:15 - Franciscan Monastery / Franjevacki samostan / Ferences-templom és kolostor
- 3:43 - St. Blaise Church / Crkva sv. Vlaha / Szt. Balázs-templom
- 4:37 - Sponza Palace / Sponza / Sponza-palota
- 5:23 - Bell Tower / Gradski zvonik / Harangtorony
- 7:11 - Small Onofrio's fountain / Mala Onofrijeva fontana / Kis Onofrio-kút
- 7:48 - City Hall and Theatre / Gradska vijecnica / Nagytanács (Városháza)
- 7:58 - Rector's Palace / Knezev dvor / Rektorpalota
- 8:46 - Gundulic's Square / Gunduliceva poljana
- 9:00 - Cathedral - Treasury / Katedrala - riznica / Székesegyház
- 10:33 - Old Port (Old Harbor) / Gradska luka / Régi kikötő
- 11:56 - St. John Fort /Tvrdava sv. Ivana / Szt. János erőd
- 13:55 - Dominican Church and Monastery / Dominikanski samostan / Dominikánus-templom és kolostor
- 14:11 - Anounciation Church and Sveti Luka
- 14:33 - City Walls / Gradske zidine / Városfalak
- 15:21 - Minceta Tower / Tvrdava Minceta / Minceta torony
- 15:45 - St. Ignatius Church / Crkva Sv. Ignacija / Jezsuita-templom
- 15:51 - Minceta Tower / Tvrdava Minceta / Minceta torony
- 16:44 - Domino Church / Crkva Sv. Domina
- 17:34 - Fort Lovrijenac / Tvrdava Lovrijenac / Lovrijenac erőd
- 18:29 - Bokar Tower / Tvrdava Bokar / Bokar torony
- 21:10 - St. John Fort /Tvrdava sv. Ivana / Szt. János erőd
- 22:50 - Brsalje
- 22:59 - Hotel Hilton Imperial Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik - Gradske zidine 2 (Little Knowning Route, Croatia 2018)
Kula Gornji Ugao - Vrata od Pile - Tvrd'ava Lovrijenac
Dubrovnik Fortress by night - Croatia
➤ “Dubrovnik (historically Ragusa) is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea, in the region of Dalmatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations in the Mediterranean Sea, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva County. Its total population is 42,615 (census 2011). In 1979, the city of Dubrovnik joined the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
The prosperity of the city was historically based on maritime trade; as the capital of the maritime Republic of Ragusa, it achieved a high level of development, particularly during the 15th and 16th centuries, as it became notable for its wealth and skilled diplomacy.
In 1991, after the break-up of Yugoslavia, Dubrovnik was besieged by the Serb and Montenegrin soldiers gathered in the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) for seven months and suffered significant damage from shelling. After repair and restoration works in the 1990s and early 2000s, Dubrovnik re-emerged as one of the top tourist destinations in the Mediterranean.”
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Muralles de Dubrovnik in Dubrovnik, Croatia
The Walls of Dubrovnik are a series of defensive stone walls surrounding the city of Dubrovnik in southern Croatia. With numerous additions and modifications throughout their history, they have been considered to be amongst the great fortification systems of the Middle Ages, as they were never breached by a hostile army during this time period. In 1979, the old city of Dubrovnik, which includes a substantial portion of the old walls of Dubrovnik, joined the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
The oldest systems of fortifications around the town were likely wooden palisades. Today's intact city walls, constructed mainly during the 12th–17th centuries, mostly a double line, have long been a source of pride for Dubrovnik. The walls run an uninterrupted course of approximately 1,940 metres in length, encircling most of the old city, and reach a maximum height of about 25 metres. The bulk of the existing walls and fortifications were constructed during the 14th and 15th centuries, but were continually extended and strengthened up until the 17th century.
This complex structure, amongst the largest and most complete in Europe, protected the freedom and safety of a civilised and sophisticated republic that flourished in peace and prosperity for some five centuries. The walls were reinforced by three circular and 14 quadrangular towers, five bastions (bulwarks), two angular fortifications and the large St. John's Fortress. Land walls were additionally reinforced by one larger bastion and nine smaller semicircular ones, like the casemate Fort Bokar, the oldest preserved fort of that kind in Europe. The moat that ran around the outside section of the city walls, which were armed by more than 120 cannons, provided superb city defense capabilities.
The construction of the first limestone forts around the city began in the Early Middle Ages, towards the end of the 8th century. But, the old chronicles say that some sort of castle reliably existed on the Lave peninsula quite a long time prior to that. It is certain that the early town on Laus Island was also surrounded by defensive walls, probably mainly by wooden palisades. The fact that Dubrovnik managed to survive a fifteen-month-long invasion by the Saracens in the 9th century proves how well the city was fortified.
The city first spread towards the uninhabited eastern part of the islet, which explains why the current name for the southeast part of the city, near St. John's Fortress, is called Pustijerna. The name Pustijerna comes from the Latin statement post terra, which means outside the town. In the 9th and 10th centuries, the defensive wall enclosed the eastern portion of the city. When the sea channel separating the city from mainland was filled with earth in the 11th century, the city merged with the settlement on land, and soon, a single wall was built around the area of the present-day city core.
During this same time period, Dubrovnik and the surrounding area were described as a part of the Croatian (Grwasiah) entity, in one of the works by the famous Arab geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi. In his book Nuzhat al-Mushataq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq from 1154, he mentioned Dubrovnik as the southernmost city of the country of Croatia and Dalmatia. The basic city plan dates from 1292, when the port was rebuilt following a fire. The whole city was entirely enclosed in the 13th century, except for the Dominican monastery, which came under its protection later on, during the 14th century.
The city walls have been preserved to the present day, not only because of the knowledge of the skilled construction workers and the constant care provided by city dwellers that maintained and rebuilt the structures as needed, but also because of the brilliantly reputed diplomacy in Ragusa, which managed on many occasions to avoid dangerous measures taken by enemies against the Republic of Ragusa.
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Minčeta fort-Old town (Dubrovnik)
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Property sales in Dubrovnik at a standstill
6th August 2008, Dubrovnik, Croatia
1. Wide shot Dubrovnik, Old Town
2. Wide shot St John fortress, a view from the hill of Srd
3. Wide shot old Town and its high street
4. Mid shot building with a balcony
5. Tilt down houses in the town
6. Wide shot palaces along the high street
7. Wide shot view of the south part of the town from the hill of Srd
8. SOUNDBITE: (Croatian): Frano Brzic, President of the County Association of Real Estate Agents:
I handled one real estate that was sold at one million German marks / 719949.34 USD in 1999 and at seven million Euro / 9,748,503.37 USD in 2006. However, those cases are very rare, they are not common. Nowadays, one can only find real estates of low quality but very expensive ones. Consequently, there are no customers who want buy them.
9. Wide shot Dubrovnik city walls
10. Pan right tourists on the city walls by the sea
11. Wide shot house on the city walls, which was sold at 580,000 Euro
12. Wide shot same house with a view of the island of Lokrum
13. Zoom in beach and a cafe under the city walls
14. Mid shot swimmers under the city walls
15. Mid shot window and a bicycle
16. Close up street lamp
17. Mid shot entrance to the house from the city walls
18. Wide shot tourists passing by the house on the city walls
19. Mid shot tourists buying admission tickets to visit the city walls
20. Wide shot: tourists climbing the city walls
21. SOUNDBITE: (Croatian): Niko Kapetanic, Secretary of The Society of Friends of Dubrovnik Heritage:
If a very rich person shows up, we could have problems. We would have uncontrolled entrance to the city walls. In sport language - weakness in our defence. That's why we decided to buy. In order to be able to continue maintaining the city walls in a high quality manner.
22. Wide shot tourists on the city walls
23. Pan cafe on the city walls
24. Wide shot house next the city walls
25. Mid shot woman in house shutting the window
26. Various houses in the Old Town
27. SOUNDBITE: (Croatian): Frano Brzic, President of the County Association of Real Estate Agents:
A two bed-room apartment with one bathroom, bad access, no elevator, no garage is sold at a similar price to real estate in Nice or Cannes, that has all the required amenities.
28. Wide shot high street Stradun
29. Wide shot houses in the Old Town
30. Wide sho: Old Town roofs, from above
34. Dubrovnik, Old Town
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Since the end of the war in the Balkans, the Croatian housing market has been enjoying a property boom.
But the current global financial crisis has started to make its mark.
A recent study by the Croatian Central Bank shows prices that increased by 85.9% over the last 10 years have reached their peak and are heading for a slump.
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The adriatic coastal city of Dubrovnik has been a relatively cheap destination for real estate buyers in the past ten years.
International buyers were attracted to house prices often as much as five times lower than in similar European towns.
According to Frano Brzic, President of the County Association of the Real Estate Agents, in 2007 the majority of international buyers in Dubrovnik were English and Irish. This year he says most buyers are from Russia, France and Italy.
Villas by the sea and properties in the old medieval town of UNESCO-protected Dubrovnik, were snapped up, fuelling investor interest, raising demand and in turn raising prices.
In September 2007 the average cost of a house in the Adriatic region was 1,739 Euro / 2,419.70 USD per square metre (m2). The average flat cost 1,985 Euro / 2,761.99 USD per m2.
Real Estate Agents, Republic of Croatia).
There are several similar properties in the Old Town that are currently on the market - all of similar sizes.
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Aquarium Old town (Dubrovnik)
The aquarium is situated in an old harbor, in St. John’s medieval fortress. The complex consists of 31 aquariums, which...
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Walking on The Walls of Dubrovnik
Kävely Dubrovnikin vanhan kaupungin muureilla antaa hyvän yleiskuvan kaupungista ja sen ympäristöstä. Kävelyä varten on ostettava 100 Kunan (n. 12 euroa) lippu, mutta se kannattaa. Kannattaa varata kävelyretkelle omat juomat mukaan, sillä matkan varrella olevat 2 kahvilaa myyvät virvokkeita todelliseen ryöstöhintaan..
The Walls of Dubrovnik (Croatian: Dubrovačke gradske zidine) are a series of defensive stone walls that have surrounded and protected the citizens of the afterward proclaimed maritime city-state of Dubrovnik (Ragusa), situated in southern Croatia, since the city's founding prior to the 7th century as a Byzantium castrum on a rocky island named Laus (Ragusia or Lave). With numerous additions and modifications throughout their history, they have been considered to be amongst the great fortification systems of the Middle Ages, as they were never breached by a hostile army during this time period. In 1979, the old city of Dubrovnik, which includes a substantial portion of the old walls of Dubrovnik, joined the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
This complex structure, amongst the largest and most complete in Europe, protected the freedom and safety of a civilised and sophisticated republic that flourished in peace and prosperity for five centuries. The walls were reinforced by three circular and 14 quadrangular towers, five bastions (bulwarks), two angular fortifications and the large St. John's Fortress. Land Walls were additionally reinforced by one larger bastion and nine smaller semicircular ones, like the casemate Fort Bokar, the oldest preserved fort of that kind in Europe. The moat that ran around the outside section of the city walls which were armed by more than 120 cannons, made superb city defense.