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Walls of Dubrovnik

Dubrovačke gradske zidine

The Walls of Dubrovnik are a continuous system of defensive limestone walls and fortresses that encircle the old city of Dubrovnik, Croatia. Built and rebuilt between the 13th and 17th centuries, the 1,940-metre circuit includes towers, bastions, detached forts and guarded gates that protected the harbour and land approaches of the Republic of Ragusa.

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Its prime

1560

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1560

What Walls of Dubrovnik looked like in its prime.

A nearly continuous curtain of pale Korčula/Dalmatian limestone runs about 1,940 metres around a compact medieval town of red terracotta roofs, rising up to 25 metres with crenellated battlements, thick scarped landward faces and lower sea-facing sections. Rounded and rectangular towers (notably the tall cylindrical Minčeta) punctuate the line, with projecting bastions, fortified gateways reached by stone bridges and a dry moat, and freestanding forts (Lovrijenac, St. John, Revelin) sited on rock or overlooking the harbour and the Adriatic.

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10 places to explore in 1560.

The record describes 10 distinct spots at Walls of Dubrovnik, including 3 interiors: top of minčeta tower, st. lawrence fortress (lovrijenac) courtyard and terraces, revelin fortress vaulted interior rooms. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

Approach to Pile Gate (western entrance)Wall walk on north rampart near Minčeta TowerTop of Minčeta TowerFort Bokar projecting into the moatSt. Lawrence Fortress (Lovrijenac) courtyard and terracesSt. John Fortress at the harbour entranceRevelin Fortress vaulted interior roomsGreat Arsenal's three harbour archesSea-facing walls along the cliffsGate of Ploče and connecting bridges to Revelin

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