11 Sights in Dubrovnik, Croatia (with Map and Images)

Fort Lovrijenac or St. Lawrence Fortress, Italian Fortezza di San Lorenzo, often called "Dubrovnik's Gibraltar", is a fortress and theater outside the western wall of the city of Dubrovnik in Croatia, 37 metres (121 ft) 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 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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Srđ is a low mountain just behind the walled city of Dubrovnik in Dalmatia, Croatia. The mountain, part of the Dinaric Alps, has a height of 412 metres (1,352 ft). 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. Srđ is popular with tourists as a viewpoint from which it is possible to see the walled city of Dubrovnik, Lokrum island, the Adriatic Sea and various local attractions.

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The Museum of the Homeland War Dubrovnik in Dubrovnik, located on the ground floor of the Imperial Fortress on Srđ Hill, is the space where the permanent exhibition of the same name Dubrovnik in the Homeland War 1991 – 1995 is exhibited.

Wikipedia: Muzej Domovinskog rata u Dubrovniku (HR)

Viktor Dyk was a nationalist Czech poet, prose writer, playwright, politician and political writer. He was sent to jail during the First World War for opposing the Austro-Hungarian empire. He was one of the signatories of the Manifesto of Czech writers. Dyk co-founded a political party and entered politics. He died at age 53, leaving his many poems, plays and writings.

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The Imperial Fortress is a fortification building on the top of the hill Srđ. The purpose of the fortress was to defend the northern approaches to the city of Dubrovnik. Imperial is the main fortress of the fortification system of the Srđ hill, and in the same system are the fortifications of Strinčjera, Gradci and Žarkovica.

Wikipedia: Imperijal (tvrđava) (HR)

The Franciscan friary and church is a large complex belonging to the Order of the Friars Minor. It consists of a friary, a church, a library, and a pharmacy. It is situated at the Placa, the main street of Dubrovnik, Croatia.

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The Church of St. Blaise is a Baroque church in Dubrovnik and one of the city's major sights. Saint Blaise, identified by medieval Slavs with the pagan god Veles, is the patron saint of the city of Dubrovnik and formerly the protector of the independent Republic of Ragusa.

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The Collegium Ragusinum, sometimes also Rhagusinum, was the Jesuit college in the Republic of Ragusa, now the city of Dubrovnik in Croatia. Following early Jesuit presence in Ragusa in the late 1550s, the college was established in 1658 and closed in 1773 with the suppression of the Society of Jesus. Its preserved church is dedicated to Saint Ignatius, and the other buildings now host a Catholic gymnasium and other Church facilities. The complex has been referred to as "considered to be the finest Baroque set of buildings in Dubrovnik, and - according to many - in all of Dalmatia."

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Orlando's Column is the oldest preserved public sculpture in Dubrovnik. For a long time, it was the only secular monument dedicated to a person in that city. Such a column is characteristic of Germany, and outside of it there are only four such monuments, including this one.

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The Amerling Fountain at Pile is a fountain in front of the entrance to the old city center of the city of Dubrovnik in the area of Pile. In 1900, the fountain was made by the Croatian sculptor Ivan Rendić. At the top of the fountain are Stojna and the satyr: characters from Gundulić's mythological-pastoral drama Dubravka. The fountain was donated to his hometown by Ignatius Amerling on his own behalf and on behalf of his brothers. In 2023, the fountain was thoroughly renovated. It is often the starting point for sightseeing tours of Dubrovnik's historic city center. Before moving to Pile, it was located at the entrance to Gradac Park.

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Strinčjera is the name for an old and dilapidated fortress that is part of the fortification system of the Srđ hill plateau above Dubrovnik. In the same system are the fortresses of Imperial, Gradci and Delgorgue.

Wikipedia: Utvrda Strinčjera (SH)