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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Old City of Dubrovnik' has mentioned 'City' in the following places:
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This article is about a city in Croatia. | WIKI |
City in Dubrovnik-Neretva, Croatia | WIKI |
DubrovnikCityGrad Dubrovnik City of DubrovnikTop: Old city of Dubrovnik; second left: Sponza Palace; second right: Rector's Palace; third left: City walls; third right: Dubrovnik Cathedral; bottom: Stradun, the city's main street FlagCoat of armsNicknames:xc2xa0"Pearl of the Adriatic", "Thesaurum mundi"DubrovnikThe location of Dubrovnik within CroatiaCoordinates: 42xc2xb038xe2x80xb225xe2x80xb3N 18xc2xb006xe2x80xb230xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf42.64028xc2xb0N 18.10833xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 42.64028; 18.10833Coordinates: 42xc2xb038xe2x80xb225xe2x80xb3N 18xc2xb006xe2x80xb230xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf42.64028xc2xb0N 18.10833xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 42.64028; 18.10833Countryxc2xa0CroatiaCounty Dubrovnik-NeretvaGovernmentxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0TypeMayor-Councilxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0MayorMato Frankovixc4x87 (HDZ)xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0City Council 25 members xe2x80xa2 HDZ (10)xe2x80xa2 Dustra (3)xe2x80xa2 DDS (3)xe2x80xa2 SDP (2)xe2x80xa2 MOST (2)xe2x80xa2 HNS (1)xe2x80xa2 HSS (1)xe2x80xa2 Independents (3) Areaxc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0City21.35xc2xa0km2 (8.24xc2xa0sqxc2xa0mi)Elevation3xc2xa0m (10xc2xa0ft)Populationxc2xa0(2011)[1]xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0City42,615xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Density2,000/km2 (5,200/sqxc2xa0mi)xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Urban28,434xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Metro65,808Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)xc2xa0xe2x80xa2xc2xa0Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal codeHR-20 000Area code(s)+385 20Vehicle registrationDUPatron saintSaint BlaiseWebsitewww.dubrovnik.hr UNESCO World Heritage SiteOfficialxc2xa0nameOld City of DubrovnikCriteriaCultural:xc2xa0(i)(iii)(iv)Reference95Inscription1979 (3rd session)Area96.7xc2xa0ha (239 acres) | WIKI |
Dubrovnik (Croatian:xc2xa0[dxc7x94broxcbx90xcax8bnixcbx90k] (listen);[2] historically Ragusa) is a city on the Adriatic Sea in southern Croatia. | WIKI |
The history of the city probably dates back to the 7th century, when the town known as Ragusa was founded by refugees from Epidaurum (Ragusa Vecchia). | WIKI |
The prosperity of the city was historically based on maritime trade; as the capital of the maritime Republic of Ragusa, it achieved a high level of development, particularly during the 15th and 16th centuries, as it became notable for its wealth and skilled diplomacy. | WIKI |
The entire city was almost destroyed when a devastating earthquake hit in 1667. | WIKI |
Ragusa, recorded in various forms since at least the 10th century, remained the official name of the Republic of Ragusa until 1808, and of the city within the Kingdom of Dalmatia until 1918, while Dubrovnik, first recorded in the late 12th century, was in widespread use by the late 16th or early 17th century. | WIKI |
The name Dubrovnik of the Adriatic city is first recorded in the Charter of Ban Kulin (1189). | WIKI |
According to this account, Ragusa (xe1xbfxacxcexb1xcexbfxcfx8dxcfx83xcexb9xcexbd) is the foundation of the refugees from Epidaurum (Ragusa Vecchia), a Greek city situated some 15xc2xa0km (9xc2xa0mi) to the south of Ragusa, when that city was destroyed in the Slavic incursions of the 7th century. | WIKI |
The name is explained as a corruption of Lausa, the name of the rocky island on which the city was built (connected by Constantine to Greek xcexbbxe1xbexb6xcexb1xcfx82 "rock, stone"). | WIKI |
According to Constantine Porphyrogenitus's De Administrando Imperio (c. 950), Ragusa was founded in the 7th century, named after a "rocky island" called Lausa, by refugees from Epidaurum (Ragusa Vecchia), a Roman city situated some 15xc2xa0km to the south, when that city was destroyed in the Slavic incursions. | WIKI |
[11] After the Crusades, Dubrovnik came under the sovereignty of Venice (1205xe2x80x931358), which would give its institutions to the Dalmatian city. | WIKI |
[12] After a fire destroyed most of the city in the night of August 16, 1296, a new urban plan was developed. | WIKI |
The city was ruled by the local aristocracy which was of Latin-Dalmatian extraction and formed two city councils. | WIKI |
The city successfully balanced its sovereignty between the interests of Venice and the Ottoman Empire for centuries. | WIKI |
With the help of skilled diplomacy, Dubrovnik merchants travelled lands freely and the city had a huge fleet of merchant ships (argosy) that travelled all over the world. | WIKI |
Many Conversos, Jews from Spain and Portugal, were attracted to the city. | WIKI |
During this time there worked in the city one of the most famous cannon and bell founders of his time: Ivan Rabljanin (Magister Johannes Baptista Arbensis de la Tolle). | WIKI |
Upon entering Ragusan territory without permission and approaching the capital, the French General Jacques Lauriston demanded that his troops be allowed to rest and be provided with food and drink in the city before continuing on to take possession of their holdings in the Bay of Kotor. | WIKI |
However, this was a deception because as soon as they entered the city, they proceeded to occupy it in the name of Napoleon. | WIKI |
[24] Almost immediately after the beginning of the French occupation, Russian and Montenegrin troops entered Ragusan territory and began fighting the French army, raiding and pillaging everything along the way and culminating in a siege of the occupied city (during which 3,000 cannonballs fell on the city). | WIKI |
[27] They then laid siege to the occupied city, helped by the British Royal Navy, who had enjoyed unopposed domination over the Adriatic sea, under the command of Captain William Hoste, with his ships HMS Bacchante and HMSxc2xa0Saracen. | WIKI |
Soon the population inside the city joined the insurrection. | WIKI |
Seducing one of the temporary governors of the Republic, Biagio Bernardo Caboga, with promises of power and influence (which were later cut short and who died in ignominy, branded as a traitor by his people), they managed to convince him that the gate to the east was to be kept closed to the Ragusan forces and to let the Austrian forces enter the City from the west, without any Ragusan soldiers, once the French garrison of 500 troops under General Joseph de Montrichard had surrendered. | WIKI |
Ragusan representative Miho Bona, elected at the last meeting of the Major Council, was denied participation in the Congress, while Milutinovixc4x87, prior to the final agreement of the allies, assumed complete control of the city. | WIKI |
[35] Archeologists have also discovered medieval Glagolitic tablets near Dubrovnik, such as the inscription of xc5xbdupa Dubrovaxc4x8dka, indicating that the Glagolitic script was also likely once used in the city. | WIKI |
City plan of Dubrovnik in 1930sPort of Dubrovnik in 1965. | WIKI |
With the fall of Austria-Hungary in 1918, the city was incorporated into the new Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia). | WIKI |
When in 1929 Yugoslavia was divided among 9 Banovina, the city became part of the Zeta Banovina. | WIKI |
After the second world war, the city started to attract crowds of tourists - even more after 1979, when the city joined the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. | WIKI |
The income from tourism was pivotal in the post-war development of the city, including its airport. | WIKI |
Despite the demilitarisation of the old town in early 1970s in an attempt to prevent it from ever becoming a casualty of war, following Croatia's independence in 1991 Yugoslavia's Yugoslav People's Army (JNA), by then composed primarily of Serbs, attacked the city. | WIKI |
The new Croatian government set up a military outpost in the city itself. | WIKI |
[48] Nonetheless, the artillery attacks on Dubrovnik damaged 56% of its buildings to some degree, as the historic walled city, a UNESCO world heritage site, sustained 650 hits by artillery rounds. | WIKI |
[51] The inflicted damage can be seen on a chart near the city gate, showing all artillery hits during the siege, and is clearly visible from high points around the city in the form of the more brightly coloured new roofs. | WIKI |
General Pavle Strugar, who coordinated the attack on the city, was sentenced to a seven-and-a-half-year prison term by the tribunal for his role in the attack. | WIKI |
Winters are among the mildest of any Croatian city, with daytime temperatures around 13xc2xa0xc2xb0C (55xc2xa0xc2xb0F) in the coldest months. | WIKI |
The patron saint of the city is Sveti Vlaho (Saint Blaise), whose statues are seen around the city. | WIKI |
One of the larger churches in city is named after Saint Blaise. | WIKI |
February 3 is the feast of Sveti Vlaho (Saint Blaise), who is the city's patron saint. | WIKI |
The city boasts many old buildings, such as the Arboretum Trsteno, the oldest arboretum in the world, which dates back to before 1492. | WIKI |
Another admirer of Dubrovnik, George Bernard Shaw, visited the city in 1929 and said: "If you want to see heaven on earth, come to Dubrovnik. | WIKI |
By 2018, the city had to take steps to reduce the excessive number of tourists, especially in the Old Town. | WIKI |
Few of Dubrovnik's Renaissance buildings survived the earthquake of 1667 but enough remained to give an idea of the city's architectural heritage. | WIKI |
The city's Dominican Monastery resembles a fortress on the outside but the interior contains an art museum and a Gothic-Romanesque church. | WIKI |
The 31-metre-high (102xc2xa0ft) Dubrovnik Bell Tower, built in 1444, is one of the symbols of the free city state of Ragusa. | WIKI |
Roland statues were typical symbols of city autonomy or independence, often erected under Sigismund in his Electorate of Brandenburg. | WIKI |
A feature of Dubrovnik is its walls (1.3 million visitors in 2018), which run almost 2 kilometres (1.2 miles) around the city. | WIKI |
The system of turrets and towers were intended to protect the vulnerable city. | WIKI |
The total population of the city is 42,615 (census 2011), in the following settlements:[1] | WIKI |
Dubrovnik has its own international airport, located approximately 20xc2xa0km (12xc2xa0mi) southeast of Dubrovnik city centre, near xc4x8cilipi. | WIKI |
Because the area around the city is disconnected from the rest of Croatian territory, the highway will either cross the Peljexc5xa1ac Bridge whose construction is in preparation as of 2018,[82] or run through Neum in Bosnia and Herzegovina and continue to Dubrovnik. | WIKI |
The city will host the 2025 World Men's Handball Championship at the new arena, along with the countries Denmark and Norway. | WIKI |
The text-based video game Quarantine Circular[89] is set aboard a ship off the coast of Dubrovnik, and a few references to the city are made throughout the course of the game. | WIKI |