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Croatia. Dubrovnik.
A one week summer break.
The Sponza Palace (Croatian: Palača Sponza; Italian: Palazzo Sponza), also called Divona (from dogana, customs), is a 16th-century palace in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Its name is derived from the Latin word "spongia", the spot where rainwater was collected.
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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.[1]
Originally constructed in 1444, the tower suffered damage in the 1667 Dubrovnik earthquake[1] among other earthquakes and, having started to lean towards the Stradun in the early 19th century, it was demolished in 1928[2] and entirely rebuilt to the original design in 1929.[1] It was damaged again in the 1979 Montenegro earthquake, and restored in 1987–1988.[3]
The bronze bell which strikes the hours was cast in 1506 by Ivan Rabljanin.[4]
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.
After sunset we took the cable car back into Dubrovnik old town to capture the blue hour. This is a
4s exposure of Placa - Stradun in the centre of Dubrovnik. The colours are straight out of camera, but I had to combine a few shots to reduce some of the ghosting from the thousands of people. Afterwards we packed up and had some of the best calamari I've ever tasted!
I have added a few notes for reference, which I hope may be useful. Thanks again Liesel with the help in composing this shot, and helping to stop the crowds of people knocking the camera flying!
In the Old City of Dubrovnik looking north along the Main Street aka Placa Stadun. This street runs from the old port and main city square to another square at this end where I am standning with a large domed fountain it.
Croatian folklore dancers pictured in Dubrovnik's old town on May day weekend.
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The main entrance to Old Town from the Eastern side, Ploče Gate (also known as Vrata od Ploča) were built at the end of 14th century. The gate consist of inner and outer section and incorporates a stone bridge.
The bridge used to be just wooden drawbridge which used to be pulled up at night to prevent unwelcome guests entering the town but was later replaced by stoned one so nowadays the beautiful bridge with stone balustrade (above photo) leads through the Gate to Luza Square and Stradun.
Above the entrance of the Gate there is a statue of Sveti Vlaho, the patron saint of Dubrovnik. The Revelin Fortress is built into the outer section of the Gate as a handy lookout point for towns eastern approach.
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9970 R Dubrovnik Vrata od Ploča 1.VIII.1939.
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.
Onofrio's big fountain (1438) - the round fountain in the old city. The Neapolitan architect and engineer Onofrio della Cava completed the aqueduct with two public fountains, both built in 1438. Close to the Pile Gate stands the Big Onofrio's Fountain in the middle of a small square. It may have been inspired by the former Romanesque baptistry of the former cathedral in Bunic Square. The sculptural elements were lost in the earthquake of 1667. Water jets gush out of the mouth of the sixteen mascarons (1n architecture, a mascaron ornament is a face, usually human, sometimes frightening or chimeric whose function was originally to frighten away evil spirits so that they would not enter the building. The concept was subsequently adapted to become a purely decorative element.)
06:22:03 AM August 1, 2007: This is one of the first photos I took in Croatia. I landed in Dubrovnik from London the night before. British Airways lost my luggage and I was hot and a bit angry. I didn't sleep well and didn't have anything to do so at around 5:30 AM, I caught the first bus from Lapad where I was staying, the number 6 I think, and headed to the Old Town to see what there was to see.
A few months later I rented an apartment in the Old Town one street to the left of the Stradun in the photo here and spent the winter. After that I decided to spend a few months in Zagreb, the capital. As it goes, months turned to years.
Little did I know then that I would spend the next 10 years living in and exploring Croatia, meet my wife there and make a home.
10 years ago today.
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.
Panorama of Stradun Street in the Morning, Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Croatia
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Onofrio Fountain in the Old Walled City of Dubrovnik, Croatia.
When entering the walled city of Dubrovnik from Pile gate, you’ll immediately find Onofrio's fountain. The fountain was designed by Italian architect, Onofrio della Cava, and was built in 1438 to provide drinking water to the city. This sixteen-sided drinking fountain was heavily damaged in the 1667 earthquake but was restored to its original state and to this date, still serves the public potable water.
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The main thoroughfare going from East to West in Dubrovnik known as The Stradun.
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Jesuit Church - Dubrovniks most beautiful baroque complex
Church of St Ignatius
The baroque stairs connecting Gundulić Square with another square named after the great Dubrovnik physicist Ruđer Bošković are reminiscent of some etymologists who believe that the word baroque originated from the word shell. The one time venue of Shakespeares play Romeo and Juliet, the beautiful stairs very much resemble the ones leading to the Trinit? dei Monti Church in Rome from the Piazza di Spagna. Designed by the Roman architect Pietro Passalacque in 1738, the stairs lead to St Ignatius Church adjacent to the famous Jesuit school Collegium Ragusinum. The Church of St Ignatius - or the Jesuits, as the people of Dubrovnik call it - is the work of the famed Jesuit architect and painter Ignazio Pozzo, who worked on the church from 1699 to 1703.
The church was completed in 1725 and opened in 1729. The construction of both the Church and the Collegium began with the funds donated by a Jesuit from the Gundulić family, yet the donor had died before the designs were completed. The Collegium Ragusinum was actually founded because the people of Dubrovnik were dissatisfied with the Italian teachers with whom they often came into conflict. As soon as he was appointed, the Italian born head of the Dubrovnik diocese Beccadelli initiated the opening of the Jesuit Collegium in 1555.
The idea was realised as late as in 1658, after numerous problems with the ownership of the land had been solved. Namely, in order to build the Collegium and the Church, a large number of houses in the oldest part of the city had to be demolished. This complex is considered to be the finest Baroque set of buildings in Dubrovnik, and - according to many - in all of Dalmatia. It is thus not surprising that theatre directors at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival often use this venue as an open-air stage.
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The first column shows a cannonball shot fired from Srđ in 1814 from an English cannon during the Dubrovnik uprising against the French and their expulsion from the City. There are 2 more bullet holes on Stradun, one of which was destroyed (closed) by the owner of Orlando. The claim that these are Russian bullets from 1806 is not correct because everything is finally documented correctly and the exact information about this was given by a relative of the then English captain from whose ship the cannons were. This does not mean that Russian cannons (and Montenegrins) did not fire in 1806. On the contrary. The destruction, the number of dead and burned houses and the siege that lasted a month were much more devastating. But, as with the attack on the City in 1991/92, not much evidence remains.
Antun Tonci Karuzic
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Crkva sv. Ignacija isusovačka je crkva u Dubrovniku.
Prve je planove za izgradnju čitavog isusovačkog kompleksa s crkvom izradio tadašnji rektor kolegija Giovanni Battista Canauli. Plan je obuhvaćao rušenje crkvenih i privatnih građevina kako bi crkva stajala na dominantnom mjestu i odobren je tek 1656., nakon što je Canuli bio opozvan. Superior Orsat Ranjina započeo je s otkupom zemljišta i građevina dvije godine nakon toga. Izgradnja kompleksa započela je 1662., a sama crkva tek nakon Nastala je tijekom više od stotinu godina. Građena je kao barokna jednobrodna crkva s reprezentativnim pročeljem, po uzoru na crkvu sv. Ignacija u Rimu. Projektiralo je izradio arhitekt Andrea Pozzo, a gradnja je dovršena 1725. godine. Iluzionističke barokne freske u unutrašnjosti, s prizorima iz života sv. Ignacija Lojolskog, izveo je slikar Gaetano Garcia. Godine 1885. u crkvi je postavljena umjetna spilja, posvećena Gospi Lurdskoj, jedna od najstarijih u Europi.
Crkva je smještena na trgu zvanom Poljana Ruđera Boškovića. Na trg se pristupa monumentalnim stubištem iz 1738. godine, djelu Pietra Passalacque, građenom po uzoru na stubište Piazza di Spagna u Rimu. Na crkvu se nadovezuje Isusovački kolegij (Collegium Ragusinum), glasovito isusovačko učilište, a danas Biskupijska klasična gimnazija Ruđera Boškovića.
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One of the first spectacular sights that greets you when you enter Stradun from the Pile Gate is the Great Onofrio Fountain, with its huge central dome and sixteen water taps all around. A ledge and steps around the water trough provide a perfect resting spot for tired sightseers. The fountain is the end point of the aqueduct that architects Onofrio dell Cava and Andriuzzi de Bulbilo built from a source near the river, almost 12km away, one of the first aqueducts to be built on the territories of today’s Croatia. Completed in 1438, the fountain was once more ornate with a massive cupola, but was damaged in the great earthquake and never repaired. Onofrio’s small fountain is an elegant little masterpiece decorated with playful dolphins that stands near the tower at the other end of Stradun
A workman delivers drinks to local bars and cafes early one morning in Dubrovnik's old town.
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This is the busiest walkway in Dubrovnik. This was about 5 in the morning when the only people out were photographers and people just getting out of the bars. The reflections are from marble that has been smoothed from so many people walking on them.
The Stradun glows in the last remains of the setting sun in Dubrovnik.
The Stradun (main street), in Dubrovnik, with beautiful late-Renaissance houses on each side, runs along a valley that, until 1272, was a marshy channel dividing the Latin island of Ragusa from the forest settlement. The Stradun is great for an evening stroll as only pedestrians are allowed.
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Stradun became the city's main thoroughfare in the 13th century, and its current appearance was for the most part created following the devastating 1667 earthquake in which most of the buildings in Ragusa (as Dubrovnik was called back then) were destroyed. Before the earthquake the houses which line the street were not so uniformly designed as they appear today, with many of them featuring arcades and elaborate decorations.[2] Following the 1667 earthquake and a large fire which broke out immediately afterwards, the Republic of Ragusa passed a law which specified the layout of all future residential buildings constructed in the city.
Because of this all of the 17th-century houses lining the Stradun share the same pattern - the ground level always housed a shop with a street entrance featuring a door and a window in a single frame under a semicircular arch (during the day the door would be kept closed and goods would be handed to customers over the sill, thereby serving as a counter),[5] and a storage room in the back with a separate alley entrance. The first floor was reserved for the living area and the second floor had various rooms, while the kitchen was invariably located in the loft above the second floor, to prevent the spread of potential fires.