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"Dubrovnik is a city in southern Croatia fronting the Adriatic Sea. It's known for its distinctive Old Town, encircled with massive stone walls completed in the 16th century. Its well-preserved buildings range from baroque St. Blaise Church to Renaissance Sponza Palace and Gothic Rector’s Palace, now a history museum. Paved with limestone, the pedestrianized Stradun (or Placa) is lined with shops and restaurants."
I thought to upload something different, my travel photography for change. It's one of my fond memories. :-))
Dubrovnik is a city in southern Croatia fronting the Adriatic Sea. It's known for its distinctive Old Town, encircled with massive stone walls completed in the 16th century. Its well-preserved buildings range from baroque St. Blaise Church to Renaissance Sponza Palace and Gothic Rector’s Palace, now a history museum. Paved with limestone, the pedestrianized Stradun (or Placa) is lined with shops and restaurants.
One of my good times
A few shots more of the Moment in Time series...
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Trivia. The list of celebrities visiting Stradun is reportedly growing...It's just been on TV news tonight - the German pack leader Bastian Schweinsteiger seen relaxing in a Dubrovnik's Old City fish restaurant today hosted by the Croatian football team selector Robert Kovač...The rest of the "Elf" expected to follow next year...:)
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Stradun is the main street of historic Dubrovnik, inside defensive walls. Currently, it is a pedestrian street lined with marble slabs, about 300 meters long. In the past it was a wetland channel that separated Ragusa from forest settlement of Dubrava before they were connected in the 13th century. Stradun connects west entrance called the Pala Gate (Vrata od Pila) with the Ploče Gate (Vrata od Ploča) at the eastern end of city. At west end of pedestrian street there is the so-called Great Onofrio's Fountain from 15th century and the belfry of Franciscan monastery. At eastern end is Clock Tower and Little Onofrio's Fountain.
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Stradun jest główną ulicą historycznego Dubrownika, wewnątrz murów obronnych. Obecnie jest to deptak wyłożony marmurowymi płytami, długości około 300 metrów. W przeszłości był to podmokły kanał, który oddzielał Ragusę od leśnej osady Dubrava, zanim zostały połączone w XIII wieku. Stradun łączy zachodnie wejście zwane Bramą Pala (Vrata od Pila) z Bramą Ploče (Vrata od Ploča) na wschodnim krańcu miasta. Przy zachodnim krańcu depteka znajduje się tak zwana Wielka Fontanna Onufrego z XV wieku oraz dzwonnica franciszkańskiego klasztoru. Na wschodnim krańcu jest Wieża Zegarowa i Mała Fontanna Onufrego.
Stradun is the main street of historic Dubrovnik, inside defensive walls. Currently, it is a pedestrian street lined with marble slabs, about 300 meters long. In the past it was a wetland channel that separated Ragusa from forest settlement of Dubrava before they were connected in the 13th century. Stradun connects west entrance called the Pala Gate (Vrata od Pila) with the Ploče Gate (Vrata od Ploča) at the eastern end of city. At west end of pedestrian street there is the so-called Great Onofrio's Fountain from 15th century and the belfry of Franciscan monastery. At eastern end is Clock Tower and Little Onofrio's Fountain.
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Stradun jest główną ulicą historycznego Dubrownika, wewnątrz murów obronnych. Obecnie jest to deptak wyłożony marmurowymi płytami, długości około 300 metrów. W przeszłości był to podmokły kanał, który oddzielał Ragusę od leśnej osady Dubrava, zanim zostały połączone w XIII wieku. Stradun łączy zachodnie wejście zwane Bramą Pala (Vrata od Pila) z Bramą Ploče (Vrata od Ploča) na wschodnim krańcu miasta. Przy zachodnim krańcu depteka znajduje się tak zwana Wielka Fontanna Onufrego z XV wieku oraz dzwonnica franciszkańskiego klasztoru. Na wschodnim krańcu jest Wieża Zegarowa i Mała Fontanna Onufrego.
Had a chance to visit the gorgeous medieval citadel of Dubrovnik, Croatia. Dubrovnik is a city in southern Croatia fronting the Adriatic Sea. It's known for its distinctive Old Town, encircled with massive stone walls completed in the 16th century. Paved with limestone, the pedestrianized Stradun (or Placa) is lined with shops and restaurants. For "Game of Throne" fans, this is also known as King's Landing.
View from the walls of Dubrovnik, Croatia.
In the background is Lokrum Island.
Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS
35mm; 1/60 sec; f/8; ISO 100
the title is a reference to Star Wars
In March 2016, just a week before this photo was taken, Dubrovnik's main street, called Placa or Stradun (in the photo), was the set of the latest Star Wars instalment (Episode VIII). While in Game of Thrones Dubrovnik served as the setting for the capital of "King’s Landing", one of the fictional kingdoms in the series, in the upcoming Star Wars episode (scheduled for cinemas in Dec. 2017), the "Pearl of the Adriatic" will be an exotic hub of the Star Wars galaxy.
The main street is normally packed with people but if you manage to get up with the sunrise, you'll be rewarded with this view.
A view along Stradun, the main street through the old town of Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS
24mm; 1/125 sec; f/10; ISO 100
a group of Dubrovnik locals in traditional clothes, mingling and having fun on the town's main street (called 'Stradun' or 'Placa') after the Easter morning mass
Una de la principales calles del centro de Dubrovnik, centro turístico por excelencia de Croacia, declarada patrimonio de la humanidad por la Unesco.
Well, it’s not all sunshine and blue skies in Dubrovnik… this was the view from our hotel window on our first day there. (The red umbrellas, by the way, were provided by a tour company, and were about the only dash of colour we saw that day!)
Stradun or Placa (Stradone or Corso) is the main street of Dubrovnik, Croatia. The limestone-paved pedestrian street runs some 300 metres through the Old Town, the historic part of the city surrounded by the Walls of Dubrovnik.
This is Stradun, the beautiful and well-trodden limestone-paved main street which runs the length of Dubrovnik’s Old Town. It’s been pedestrianised for some 50 years now and is all the better for that. It’s stuffed with cafés, bars and tourist shops.
Stradun has been the city's main thoroughfare since the 13th century, and its present appearance dates from 1667, the year of the devastating earthquake in which most of the buildings in Ragusa (as Dubrovnik was then called) were destroyed.
Un paseo por la calle principal de la ciudad, Dubrovnik es una ciudad del sur de Croacia frente al mar Adriático. Es conocida por su característica Ciudad Antigua, rodeada de enormes murallas de piedra que se completaron en el siglo XVI.
Dubrovnik es una ciudad del sur de Croacia frente al mar Adriático. Es conocida por su característica Ciudad Antigua, rodeada de enormes murallas de piedra que se completaron en el siglo XVI. Sus edificios bien conservados van desde la Iglesia de San Blas de estilo barroco hasta el Palacio Sponza renacentista y el Palacio del Rector de estilo gótico, que actualmente es un museo de historia. Pavimentada con caliza, la calle peatonal Stradun (o Placa) está bordeada de tiendas y restaurantes.
Dubrovnik is a city in southern Croatia facing the Adriatic Sea. It is known for its characteristic Old City, surrounded by huge stone walls that were completed in the 16th century. Its well-preserved buildings range from the Baroque-style Saint Blaise Church to the Renaissance Sponza Palace and the Gothic-style Rector's Palace, which is now a history museum. Paved with limestone,
the Stradun (or Placa) pedestrian street is lined with shops and restaurants.
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The Libertas flag in a very late night breeze...
That one was taken during my last year's visit to Dubrovnik... somewhat earlier in the year....just thought it would fit to my recent Dubrovnik series nicely to try and continue the story of the stone and the times gone by, and of a never-ending glory...:)
;))... This place can boast of hosting many world famous names, royalities, actors, politicians.. amongst them on 15th July 2014, German Chancellor Angela Merkel is visiting here.
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