"Heaven on Earth" a Dubrovnik Travel Page by traveloturc

If you want to see heaven on earth, come to Dubrovnik.This are the words of George Bernard Shaw. Dubrovnik was based on maritime trade. In the Middle Ages, as the Republic of Ragusa. Name of Dubrovnik is derived from the Croatian word Dubrava, which means oak woods as, in the past, oak trees surrounded Dubrovnik. The Latin name Ragusa - Rausa, in use until the 15th century, originated from the rock (lat. Lausa - meaning rock) where the first settlement was established.The Old City is on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Site

Dubrovnik was founded in the 7th century by a group of refugees from Epidaurum.Slavs developed their own settlement under the name of Dubrovnik.From its establishment the town was under the protection of the Byzantine Empire that helped Dubrovnik in the wars against Saracens (886- 887), Bulgaro-Macedonians (988), and Serbs (1184). After the Crusades Dubrovnik came under the sovereignty of Venice (1205-1358), In 1358 it became part of the Hungarian-Croatian Kingdom. In 1526 Dubrovnik acknowledged the supremacy of the Turkish Sultan .A catastrophic earthquake on the 6th of April 1667 that killed over 5000 citizens.The French army, led by Napoleon, entered Dubrovnik in 1806 In 1808 Marshal Marmot abolished the Dubrovnik Republic.
In 1815, by the resolution of Vienna Congress, Dubrovnik was annexed to Austria (later Austria-Hungary), and remained annexed until 1918 when it became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes. In 1929 the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes became the Kingdom of Yugoslavia . From April 1941 until September 1943 Dubrovnik was occupied by the Italian army and after that it was occupied by Germans.In 1945 Dubrovnik became part of the Federative People's Republic of Yugoslavia. In 1990 the republics of the Socialistic Federal Republic of Yugoslavia reached their independence.
At October 1, 1991 Dubrovnik was brutally attacked by the Serbo-Montenegrin army. in May 1992 the Croatian Army liberated Dubrovnik and its surroundings.As You can see from the history too many visitors...