The Old Port of Dubrovnik, Croatia |
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Dubrovnik, (also known as "the Pearl of the Adriatic") is a city on the Adriatic Sea coast in the extreme south of Croatia, in the region of Dalmatia, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. According to Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus the city of Dubrovnik, formerly known as Ragusa, was founded on a rocky island named Laus, by exiles from the Roman town of Epidaurum (now Cavtat) in the 7th century when the Slav and Avar tribes were pillaging the area. Some time later a settlement (Dubrava) of Slavic people grew up across the narrow channel at the foot of the forested Srđ hill. This settlement gives to the city its Slavic name "Dubrovnik". The strip of wetland between Dubrovnik and Dubrava was reclaimed in the 12th century, unifying the city around the newly-made plaza (today Stradun Placa). The plaza was paved in 1468 and reconstructed after the earthquake of 1667. |
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