Dubrovnik Town Walls

Dubrovnik Town Walls Video Tour

The beauty and splendor of the Dubrovnik town walls is an expression of the limitless love of the Dubrovnik people for liberty, independence and autonomy. This walls resisted Ottomans treats and the terrible months of the bombardment of the city by Serbian forces and the wounds seems to be cured now and the restored walls seem unconquerable as once they were.

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The best way to know Dalmatia region is to take part of one of many excursion tours organized in all major cities like Split, Dubrovnik, Bol, Makarska, Trogir and Hvar town.

Old City Walls

No visitor to Dubrovnik can miss to visit the old walls that surround the oldest part of the city. The entire inner city is enclosed by massive walls and fortifications, which were built , reinforced and expanded from the 12th to the middle of the 17th century. The main wall is 6.364,83 ft long. On the landward the wall is from 19,69 ft wide and on the seaward side from 9,84 ft and is in places up to 82,02 ft high.

The Dubrovnik walls are furnished with 5 bastions, 3 round and 12 rectangular towers, 2 corner towers and one large fortress. The most impressive is the huge, round tower of Minceta situated in the north-western corner of the city. Built in the second half of 15th century, it has become the symbol of Dubrovnik. The walls are considered by many to be the finest city walls anywhere in the world.

The town was also protected by two freestanding fortresses: Lovrijenac in the west, rising on the 150,92 feet high cliff, the building of which began in 1050 and on the east side by the fortress of Revelin, built from 1539 to 1551 by Italian architect Ferramolino.

The town has four city gates, two facing landward and two facing seaward. In front of each of the city gates facing landward there is a stone bridge, connected with the gate by the wooden draw-bridge.

Dubrovnik town walls are well preserved in their original state and are unique specimens of medieval fortifications.

Dubrovnik Panorama tour!
Experience the breathtaking view of Dubrovnik Old Town laid out before you - a sight you must capture with your camera. Take a walk with a professional guide through Stradun both a street and a square, a promenade inside Dubrovnik town walls. Discover the beauty of history through numerous monuments, little streets, churches A half day tour that will leave you fascinated by cultural, architectural and artistic treasures, a day that will most certainly become one of the highlights of your holiday.

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