Walls of Dubrovnik - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Walls of Dubrovnik - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Walls of Dubrovnik () are a series of defensive stone walls surrounding the city of Dubrovnik in southern Croatia."...city's founding before the 7th century as a Byzantine castrum on a rocky island named Laus..." The 7th century recorded by Constantine Porphyrogenitus as city's founding was probably the last act of peoples movement to Ragusia settlement, hurried by Slavs migration into these areas. Ramparts were built in the outlying areas of the city, including the mountain slopes as part of a set of statues from 1272. The existing city walls were constructed mainly during the 13th–17th centuries. The walls run an uninterrupted course of approximately in length, encircling most of the old city, and reach a maximum height of about . Read more on Wikipedia
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