1. Stradun or
Placa is the name
of the Dubrovnik Old City main street. It is approximately
300 meters in length, pedestrian zone, and it streches
from the Pile to Ploče
gates, following the line of the channel that once divided
the town into two parts.
2. Dubrovnik City Walls are unique and surround the whole
Old City. The City Walls are 1940 meters in length and
have up to 25 meters of height. The whole Dubrovnik City
Wall complex was built from the 8th until the 16th century.
3. Orlando column, the work of Antun Dubrovčanin from
1418 is the statue of Paladin Roland. It stands on the
center square between Palace Sponza and St. Blaise church.
The forearm of Orlando was the standard measure of the
Ragusan cubit, lakat.
4. The most beautiful cannon in Dubrovnik, made by the
greatest cannon and bell founder of its time Ivan
Krstitelj Rabljanin ( Johannes Baptista Arbensis
de la Tolle), is
from 1537 and is named 'lizzard'. The cannon can be found
on the fortress Lovrijenac. The same man forged the bell
of the City's Bell Tower in 1506. The bell is still hanging
in the bell tower, sounding precisely every full hour. |
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