The old town of Dubrovnik is the historical center of this southern Croatian city located on the Dalmatian coast. Located on a rocky promontory above the Adriatic Sea, it is bounded by cliffs to the west and south, port to the east, and by imposing ramparts to the north and west. Known as Ragusa from its foundation in the old century until 1918, the merchant city came under Byzantine and then Venetian rule before becoming the independent republic's capital ...
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