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Dubrovnik, Sept. 2011
The Stradun, Dubrovnik's main street.
The town Dubrovnik was founded in the 7th century on a rocky island on the Adriatic Sea coast, in the region of Dalmatia.
The town came under the protection of the Byzantine Empire. Dubrovnik in the medieval centuries had a population of Latinized Illyrians. After the Crusades, Dubrovnik came under the sovereignty of Venice (1205–1358), which would give its institutions to the Dalmatian city. After a fire destroyed almost the whole city in 1296, a new urban plan was developed.By the Peace Treaty of Zadar in 1358, Dubrovnik achieved relative independence as a vassal-state of the Kingdom of Hungary. During the 14th century it became the main port of the Serbian Empire.
From the 14th century Dubrovnik ruled itself as a free state, although it was a vassal of the Ottoman Empire from 1440 to 1804 and paid an annual tribute to its sultan.
Dubrovnik, Sept. 2011
The Stradun, Dubrovnik's main street.
The town Dubrovnik was founded in the 7th century on a rocky island on the Adriatic Sea coast, in the region of Dalmatia.
The town came under the protection of the Byzantine Empire. Dubrovnik in the medieval centuries had a population of Latinized Illyrians. After the Crusades, Dubrovnik came under the sovereignty of Venice (1205–1358), which would give its institutions to the Dalmatian city. After a fire destroyed almost the whole city in 1296, a new urban plan was developed.By the Peace Treaty of Zadar in 1358, Dubrovnik achieved relative independence as a vassal-state of the Kingdom of Hungary. During the 14th century it became the main port of the Serbian Empire.
From the 14th century Dubrovnik ruled itself as a free state, although it was a vassal of the Ottoman Empire from 1440 to 1804 and paid an annual tribute to its sultan.