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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.
Dubrovnik, Croatia at night.
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.
Dubrovnik such a lovely town particularly before the crowds (and cruise ships) arrive. Beautifully preserved buildings despite thr troubles a few years ago
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Orlando's Column / Orlandov stup - Stradun / Placa - Dubrovnik Old Town / Ragusa - Dalmatia - Hrvatska / Croatia
The main street of Dubrovnik's old city. Taken from the fortification wall the surrounds the old city. It's one of the most beautiful and interesting city I've visited. I would highly recommend you put this on your must visit list. Willie McElligott is having another trip there next year. Highly recommend it!
Better for the soul and mind in the light box, or for a change
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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. 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.
Orlando’s Column - At the eastern end of Placa (Stradun) street, under the City Bell Tower, on Luza square in front of the Church of St. Blaise, stands a stone column, deep carved in the form of an ancient knight. The knight carved in the column is Orlando. According legend in the 9th century Orlando and his fleet saved Dubrovnik from a 15 month long Saracen siege. To express their gratitude the grateful citizens erected this beautiful column in Orlando's honor. This is just a myth. The truth is that Orlando, or Roland how he is called throughout Europe, was used as a symbol of a city under protection of the Hungarian-Croatian King. At the time it was common for the distant cities of the Hanseatic League to erect similar stone statues symbolizing the alliance and protection with the Hungarian-Croatian kingdom.
Fishing boats and lifeboat tenders enter and exit the busy old port of Dubrovnik ferrying tourists in and out of the old town at the start of the 2017 holiday season. Terracotta rooftops occupy the foreground sloping down towards the Stradun.
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Panorama of Luza Square, Sponza Palace and Orlando Column in Dubrovnik, Croatia
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Old Town is the easiest place to find in Dubrovnik, it represents Dubrovnik itself.Stradun represents the core of the Old Town. The word comes from Venetian "stradone" which means "big street". It is the center and any corner is the meeting place of locals and visitors. Walking down this big street, people who work in restaurants will offer you the menu every 20-30 meters, but don't get discouraged, you will eventually find a proper meal in one of numerous choices.
At the end of Stradun, street at the right leads to Gundulić Square where the market is. When there, you will observe the scene made of high statue of famous croatian poet Ivan Gundulić, under him the benches full of fruits, vegetables, dry figs, aromatic oils, home made cheese, liquers and various products with centuries old tradition. Behind the benches there are lovely characters, hosts to everybody who visits their market. A homey atmosphere indeed...
The Dubrovnik Bell Tower (Croatian: Gradski zvonik) is a tower in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Located on Luža Square at the end of the Stradun, the tower is 31 metres high.
Originally constructed in 1444, the tower suffered damage in the 1667 Dubrovnik earthquake among other earthquakes and, having started to lean towards the Stradun in the early 19th century, it was demolished in 1928 and entirely rebuilt to the original design in 1929. It was damaged again in the 1979 Montenegro earthquake, and restored in 1987–1988.
The bronze bell which strikes the hours was cast in 1506 by Ivan Rabljanin.
The two bronze jacquemarts which strike the bell are known as Maro and Baro, or the Zelenci (green ones), due to their green patina. The present Zelenci are replicas installed in the rebuilt tower in 1929. The original Zelenci of circa 1478 are now exhibited in the Cultural History Museum in the Rector's Palace.
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Gradski zvonik nalazi se u središtu Dubrovnika.
Prvotni stari zvonik sa satom izgrađen je 1444. godine. Bio je visok 31 metar. Metalnu ploču, kazaljke za mjesečeve mijene i drvene figure, koje otkucavaju sate načinio je Luka Mihočin. Veliko zvono visine i promjera 130 cm je izradio majstor Ivan Rabljanin 1506. godine. Drvene figure zamijenjene su bakrenim zelencima (prozvani su Maro i Baro), čiji se izvornici danas čuvaju u kneževom dvoru. Katastrofalan potres iz 1667. godine, oštetio je zvonik i prijetila je opasnost, da se sruši. Stoga je 1929. godine, izgrađen novi gradski zvonik po starim nacrtima donacijom Paska Banurice. Kraj zvonika nalazi se stara zvonara Luža.
Na zvoniku je i kovana ploča sata iz 1444., a ispod nje pokazivač mjesečevih mijena, djelo Luke, sina admirala Mihoča Žurkovića s Koločepa. Prvi zelenci koji su otkucavali sate bili su drveni. Sadašnje je izlio u bronci nepoznati majstor 1478. Sat je također obnovljen te godine. Zelenci su 19 godina stariji od venecijanskih mora izlivenih 1497. Sat iz 1389. služio je kao javni sat i nalazio se na jugoistočnoj kuli Kneževa dvora. Premješten je u novi zvonik 1444. godine. Godine 1780. Republika ponovo naručuje novi sat i to od franjevačkog laika Paska Baletina. I od Ruđera Boškovića bilo je zatraženo stručno mišljenje. Tvrtka Braća Solari iz Padove krajem stoljeća zamjenjuje ga novim. Prilikom obnove 1929. od iste tvrtke nabavljen je još suvremeniji sat. Prvo zvono izlio je Mihajlo iz Firence, dok je današnje, teško dvije tone, načinio Ivan Krstitelj Rabljanin 1506. Ovo je treće po redu zvono na zvoniku. U Domovinskom ratu zvonik je stradao nekoliko puta, jednom ga je granata probušila s obje strane pa se iz daljine kroz njega mogao vidjeti Stradun.
Nakon potresa 1979. obnovljen je prostor ispod zvonika koji se danas naziva Luža centar. U njemu je kino, izložbeno-prodajni prostor i kazalište.
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10026 R Dubrovnik 110 Palača Sponza (Divona) i Gradski zvonik Foto - Ljubo Tošović 1.VIII.1939.
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. 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.
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Dubrovnik, Croatia - 28 August 2016: Many tourists enjoying the view during the sunset at Stradun pier.
Panorama of Stradun Street in Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia
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Two Monasteries and Stradun - Dubrovnik, Croatia.
I figured that if you can do light trails, boat trails etc, why not do people trails? This might be the best time and place to do this - here in the busy street of Stradun, where it doesn't matter if it's day or night, it's still bound to look like a thick carpet of humans has been laid out on the ground. I also happened to do this during the nice, warm afternoon light which allowed me to further heighten the rich tones of the red- and ochre-colored buildings.
The bell towers of two monasteries - Benedictine and Franciscan, are also seen here.
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The Stradun is historic Dubrovnik's main street that is enclosed by the old fortress walls. This limestone-paved pedestrian street measures about 300 meters long connecting the western entrance Pile Gate to the eastern entrance, Ploče Gate. Stradun was the Dubrovnik's (then known as Ragusa) main thoroughfare in the 13th century. Stradun and the surrounding area were devastated during the 1667 earthquake and were also damaged during the war of 1991–92. Most of it has been repaired through the years. Many of Dubrovnik's historic buildings and monuments can be found along the Stradun, making it a popular esplanade for tourists.
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Stradun 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. Bell Tower is at the end of Stradun.
In the end of Placa (Stradun) street, beside Luža, on the side of the square is the monumental Gothic-Renaissance Sponza Palace .. Sponza is one of the most beautiful palaces in the City, which has preserved its original form. Built 1516-1522, its form suggests possible appearance of the majority of public and private palaces in Dubrovnik before the earthquake of 1667.
Sponza palace –16th, century building was fisrt a custom house , then a mint .Has it's name from the word ,where rainwater was collected (Spongia-”alluvium”)
Nowadays the Sponza Palace is the home of the most important cultural institution of Dubrovnik - the archive. The archive found its home on the first floor.
Sponza Palace - Dubrovnik Summer FestivalSponza palace has a unique role during the special opening ceremony of the Dubrovnik Summer Festival.