The walled city of Dubrovnik evokes images of armored soldiers and heroic battles, and would do so even if Game of Thrones had not been filmed there. This "Pearl of the Adriatic" is a visually striking town of just over 40,000 residents.
The Fort of St. Lawrence, Dubrovnik's oldest fortress.
A figure of St. Blaise, protector of Dubrovnik
Centuries old etchings, in Latin, admonishing children not to kick balls against the monastery wall.
The map shows where bombs were dropped by the Yugoslav People's Army during the 1991-1992 Siege of Dubrovnik, which lasted seven months and resulted in the deaths of more than one hundred civilians. While the old walls held, they could not provide protection from a tool of modern warfare: the airplane.
View of the Old Port
Nearly two-thirds of the city's rooftops were damaged during the siege. They were replaced using the original techniques, but stand out due to a brighter red coloring.
The marketplace.
Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola, at the top of a grand staircase leading from the marketplace.
View from Mt. Srd.
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