The Old Town, Harbor and Beach, Dubrovnik, Croatia
The history is partially still looking for an answer on the question about the origin of the town. Upon the legend it was established by refugees from Epidaurus (today’s town of Cavtat) in the 7th century. They were running from the invasion of the Avares and Slaves and stopped on the small stone island of Laus. On the opposite side of that island, on the coast, developed the Slavic settlement, which was named Dubrovnik due to rich woods. By growing and union of these two settlements developed the new town, commune and Republic. The great powers in the history acknowledged the sovereignty of Dubrovnik: the Byzantium, Venice, Croat-Hungary, the Turks. with an intelligent diplomacy Dubrovnik succeeded to preserve its liberty and internal independence and developed into one of the greatest maritime, commercial and cultural centres, especially in the 15th and 16th century. The crisis in the maritime traffic on the Mediterranean caused the economic fall, that deteriorated after the terrible earthquake in 1667. The town was not able to recover. The Republic was overthrown by Napoleon in 1808. The Congress in Vienna in 1815 refused the demand of the aristocracy to renew the Republic and annexed Dubrovnik to Austria that dominated until 1918, when the town was connected to Yugoslavia. On the elections in 1990 the citizens of Dubrovnik committed themselves for the independent Croatia. In the Serbian-Montenegrian armed aggression in 1991 the town and its surroundings were badly damaged but the Old Town is today mostly renewed. Dubrovnik is rich with cultural and historical monuments: the City Walls, the Pile Gate, the fortresses Minceta, Bokar, St. John, Revelin and Lovrijenac, the Ploce Gate, the Onofrio Well, Stradun, the Palace Sponza, the Rector’s palace, are some of the numerous significant buildings.
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