"A GEMSTONE IN ADRIATIC SEA" Dubrovnik by neodue

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Dubrovnik Sunset - Dubrovnik
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AN ITALIAN TOWN IN CROATIA

I felt I am in Italy.It looks beautiful and lovely.I really like to see and been in Dubrovnik.

We really wanted to see this city when we palnned to visit Sarajevo.It is very intersting city.Walled and you feel like you are in 1400's Italy.

THIS IS THE BEST PRESERVED MEDIEVAL TOWN
Dubrovnik Harbour From Air - Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik Harbour From Air

You need at least 3 days to walk all streets and lanes Of Dubrovnik.If you visit on Summer time best time to walk is after 5:00PM .Cause during the day it s very hot.It s very nigth at evening and nigth.

Torre nella citta Stradun
Torre nella citta Stradun - Dubrovnik

The city was ruled by aristocracy that formed two city councils. As usual for the time, they maintained a strict system of social classes. The republic abolished the slave trade early in the 15th century and valued liberty highly. The city successfully balanced its sovereignty between the interests of Venice and the Ottoman Empire for centuries.

The economic wealth of the Republic was partially the result of the land it developed, but especially of the seafaring trade it did. With the help of skilled diplomacy, Ragusa's merchants traveled lands freely, and on the sea the city had a huge fleet of merchant ships (argosy) that traveled all over the world. From these travels they founded some settlements, from India to America, and brought parts of their culture and vegetation home with them. One of the keys to success was not conquering, but trading and sailing under a white flag with the word freedom (Latin: Libertas) prominently featured on it. That flag was adopted when slave trading was abolished in 1418.

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