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Location:
Europe,
Croatia, Dubrovnik
Category:
City
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View of Dubrovnik city
streets
Location Information:
Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the
Adriatic Sea coast in the extreme
south of Dalmatia, positioned at the
terminal end of the Isthmus of
Dubrovnik. It is one of the most
prominent tourist destinations on
the Adriatic, a seaport and the
center of Dubrovnik-Neretva county.
Its population was 43,770 in 2001
down from 49,728 in 1991. In 1979,
the city of Dubrovnik joined the
UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites.
The prosperity of the city of
Dubrovnik has always been based on
maritime trade. In the Middle Ages,
as the Republic of Ragusa, also
known as the fifth Maritime Republic
(together with Amalfi, Pisa, Genoa
and Venice), it became the only
eastern Adriatic city-state to rival
Venice. Supported by its wealth and
skilled diplomacy, the city achieved
a remarkable level of development,
particularly during the 15th and
16th centuries. Although
demilitarized in 1970s with a
purpose to prevent it from war
devastation forever, in 1991 after
the breakup of Yugoslavia it was
besieged by Serb-Montenegrin forces
for 7 months and heavily damaged by
bombing.
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