Fortresses Lovrijenac And Bokar Dubrovnik
by Jasna Dragun
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Fortresses Lovrijenac And Bokar Dubrovnik
Artist
Jasna Dragun
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Photograph - Photography
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Dubrovnik 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. In 1979, the city of Dubrovnik joined the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
Historical lore indicates that Dubrovnik was founded in the 7th century on a rocky island named Laus, which is said to have provided shelter for refugees from the nearby city of Epidaurum. The refugees from Roman Epidaurum built their new settlement on the small island (some sources say peninsula) of Lausa off the shore while other populations (primarily Croats) settled along the coast in the following centuries, directly across the narrow channel, and named their settlement Dubrovnik. Initially the populations were skeptical of each other. Over time they grew closer and finally in the 12th century the two settlements merged. The channel that divided the city was filled creating the present-day main street (the Stradun) which became the city centre. Thus, Dubrovnik became the Croatian name for the united town.
Here I caught Medieval fortresses, Lawrence (upper left) and Bokar (lower right).
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Christopher James
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Steve Henderson
The fortresses seem one with the rocks upon which they are built. Magnificent architecture. l/f/tw/p/g+
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