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For other uses, see Dubrovnik (disambiguation). | 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 |
In 1979, the city of Dubrovnik was added to the UNESCO list of World Heritage sites in recognition of its outstanding medieval architecture and fortified old town. | WIKI |
Between the 14th and 19th centuries, Dubrovnik ruled itself as a free state. | WIKI |
At the same time, Dubrovnik became a cradle of Croatian literature. | WIKI |
During the Napoleonic Wars, Dubrovnik was occupied by the French Empire forces, and then the Republic of Ragusa was abolished and incorporated into the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy and later into the Illyrian Provinces. | WIKI |
Later on in the early 19th to mid 20th century, Dubrovnik was a part of the Kingdom of Dalmatia within the Austrian Empire, and later part of the Banovina of Zeta which later became part of Banovina Croatia in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and SR Croatia in SFR Yugoslavia. | WIKI |
In 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence, Dubrovnik was besieged by the Yugoslav People's Army for seven months and suffered significant damage from shelling. | WIKI |
The names Dubrovnik and Ragusa co-existed for several centuries. | 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 |
The term dubrovnik means the 'oakwood', as in all other Slavic languages the word dub, dxc3xa0b, means 'oak' and dubrava, dxc4x85browa means the 'oakwood'. | WIKI |
Old Port and historical center of Dubrovnik, a view from the south | WIKI |
Medieval fortresses, Lovrijenac & Bokar, Dubrovnik | WIKI |
Antun Nixc4x8detixc4x87, in his 1996 book Povijest dubrovaxc4x8dke luke ("History of the Port of Dubrovnik"), expounds the theory that Dubrovnik was established by Greek sailors,[citation needed] as a station halfway between the two Greek settlements of Budva and Korxc4x8dula, 95 nautical miles (176xc2xa0km; 109xc2xa0mi) apart from each other. | WIKI |
Dubrovnik in those medieval centuries had a Roman population. | WIKI |
[10] In 12th and 13th centuries Dubrovnik became a truly oligarchic republic, and benefited greatly by becoming a commercial outpost for the rising and prosperous Serbian state, especially after the signing of a treaty with Stefan the First-Crowned. | WIKI |
[11] After the Crusades, Dubrovnik came under the sovereignty of Venice (1205xe2x80x931358), which would give its institutions to the Dalmatian city. | WIKI |
[13][14][15] By the Peace Treaty of Zadar in 1358, Dubrovnik achieved relative independence as a vassal-state of the Kingdom of Hungary. | WIKI |
Between the 14th century and 1808, Dubrovnik ruled itself as a free state, although it was a tributary from 1382 to 1804 of the Ottoman Empire and paid an annual tribute to its sultan. | WIKI |
For centuries, Dubrovnik was an ally of Ancona, the other Adriatic maritime republic rival of Venice, which was itself the Ottoman Empire's chief rival for control of the Adriatic. | WIKI |
Ancona and Dubrovnik developed an alternative trade route to the Venetian (Venice-Austria-Germany): starting in Dubrovnik it went on to Ancona, through Florence and ended in Flanders as seen on this map. | WIKI |
[20] In the coming decades, Dubrovnik became a cradle of Croatian literature. | 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 |
Dubrovnik before the earthquake in 1667 | WIKI |
Already in 1571 Dubrovnik sold its protectorate over some Christian settlements in other parts of the Ottoman Empire to France and Venice. | WIKI |
At that time there was also a colony of Dubrovnik in Fes in Morocco. | WIKI |
The bishop of Dubrovnik was a Cardinal protector in 1571. | WIKI |
A highlight of Dubrovnik's diplomacy was the involvement in the American Revolution. | WIKI |
The "Libertas" Flag of Dubrovnik | WIKI |
As a consequence of the increasing migration of Slavic population from inland Dalmatia, the language spoken by much of the population was Croatian, typically referred to in Dubrovnik's historical documents simply as "Slavic". | 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 |
Further complicating matters was the reality that increased emphases on ethnic identification in the nineteenth century did not break down along religious lines, as evident in the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik. | WIKI |
In 1815, the former Dubrovnik Government (its noble assembly) met for the last time in Ljetnikovac in Mokoxc5xa1ica. | WIKI |
In 1832, Baron xc5xa0ixc5xa1mundo Getaldixc4x87-Gundulixc4x87 (Sigismondo Ghetaldi-Gondola) (1795xe2x80x931860) was elected Mayor of Dubrovnik, serving for 13 years; the Austrian government granted him the title of "Baron". | WIKI |
Count Rafael Pucixc4x87 (Raffaele Pozza), (1828xe2x80x931890) was elected for first time Podestxc3xa0 of Dubrovnik in the year 1869 after this was re-elected in 1872, 1875, 1882, 1884) and elected twice into the Dalmatian Council, 1870, 1876. | WIKI |
The victory of the Nationalists in Split in 1882 strongly affected in the areas of Korxc4x8dula and Dubrovnik. | WIKI |
It was greeted by the mayor (podestxc3xa0) of Dubrovnik Rafael Pucixc4x87, the National Reading Club of Dubrovnik, the Workers Association of Dubrovnik and the review "Slovinac"; by the communities of Kuna and Orebixc4x87, the latter one getting the nationalist government even before Split. | WIKI |
[39] The tram service in Dubrovnik existed from 1910 to 1970. | WIKI |
City plan of Dubrovnik in 1930sPort of Dubrovnik in 1965. | WIKI |
Dubrovnik became one of the 33 oblasts of the Kingdom. | WIKI |
In 1939 Dubrovnik became part of the newly created Banovina of Croatia. | WIKI |
During World War II, Dubrovnik became part of the Nazi-puppet Independent State of Croatia, occupied by the Italian army first, and by the German army after 8 September 1943. | WIKI |
In October 1944 Yugoslav Partisans occupied Dubrovnik, arresting more than 300 citizens and executing 53 without trial; this event came to be known, after the small island on which it occurred, as the Daksa Massacre. | WIKI |
[41] Communist leadership during the next several years continued political prosecutions, which culminated on 12 April 1947 with the capture and imprisonment of more than 90 citizens of Dubrovnik. | WIKI |
Under communism Dubrovnik became part of the Socialist Republic of Croatia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. | WIKI |
The growth of tourism also led to the decision to demilitarise the Old Town of Dubrovnik. | WIKI |
[43] The Dubrovnik Summer Festival started being held in 1950. | WIKI |
[44] The "Adriatic Highway" (Magistrala) was opened in 1965 after a decade of works, connecting Dubrovnik with Rijeka along the whole coastline, and giving a boost to the tourist development of the Croatian riviera. | WIKI |
A villa on Dubrovnik's Lapad peninsula was nationalised and used by Tito; after a 12-year battle for restitution, it was given back to the original owners, the Banac family. | WIKI |
Montenegro, led by president Momir Bulatovixc4x87, and prime minister Milo xc4x90ukanovixc4x87, coming to power in the Anti-bureaucratic revolution and allied to Slobodan Miloxc5xa1evixc4x87 in Serbia, declared that Dubrovnik should not remain in Croatia because they claimed it historically had never been part of an independent Croatia, but rather more historically aligned with the coastal history of Montenegro. | WIKI |
[citation needed] Be that as it may, at the time most residents of Dubrovnik had come to identify as Croatian, with Serbs accounting for 6.8 percent of the population. | WIKI |
On October 1, 1991 Dubrovnik was attacked by JNA with a siege of Dubrovnik that lasted for seven months. | 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 |
[49] The Croatian Army lifted the siege in May 1992, and liberated Dubrovnik's surroundings by the end of October, but the danger of sudden attacks by the JNA lasted for another three years. | WIKI |
Dubrovnik (Dubrovnik, City of Dubrovnik) Climate chart (explanation) J F M A M J J A S O N D xc2xa0 xc2xa0 98 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 12 7 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 98 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 13 7 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 93 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 15 9 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 91 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 17 11 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 70 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 22 15 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 44 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 25 19 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 28 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 28 21 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 73 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 29 22 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 86 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 25 18 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 120 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 21 15 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 142 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 17 11 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 120 xc2xa0 xc2xa0 13 8 Average max. | WIKI |
Dubrovnik has a borderline humid subtropical (Cfa) and Mediterranean climate (Csa) in the Kxc3xb6ppen climate classification, since only one summer month has less than 40xc2xa0mm (1.6xc2xa0in) of rainfall, preventing it from being classified as solely humid subtropical or Mediterranean. | WIKI |
Dubrovnik has hot, muggy, moderately dry summers and mild to cool wet winters. | WIKI |
Snow in Dubrovnik is very rare. | WIKI |
Climate data for Dubrovnik (1971xe2x80x932000, extremes 1961xe2x80x932019) Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) 18.4(65.1) 24.1(75.4) 26.8(80.2) 30.2(86.4) 32.9(91.2) 37.3(99.1) 37.9(100.2) 38.4(101.1) 33.5(92.3) 30.5(86.9) 25.4(77.7) 20.3(68.5) 38.4(101.1) Average high xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) 12.3(54.1) 12.6(54.7) 14.4(57.9) 16.9(62.4) 21.5(70.7) 25.3(77.5) 28.2(82.8) 28.5(83.3) 25.1(77.2) 21.1(70.0) 16.6(61.9) 13.4(56.1) 19.7(67.5) Daily mean xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) 9.2(48.6) 9.4(48.9) 11.1(52.0) 13.8(56.8) 18.3(64.9) 22.0(71.6) 24.6(76.3) 24.8(76.6) 21.4(70.5) 17.6(63.7) 13.3(55.9) 10.3(50.5) 16.3(61.3) Average low xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) 6.6(43.9) 6.8(44.2) 8.4(47.1) 11.0(51.8) 15.3(59.5) 18.9(66.0) 21.4(70.5) 21.6(70.9) 18.4(65.1) 14.9(58.8) 10.7(51.3) 7.8(46.0) 13.5(56.3) Record low xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) xe2x88x927.0(19.4) xe2x88x925.2(22.6) xe2x88x924.2(24.4) 1.6(34.9) 5.2(41.4) 10.0(50.0) 14.1(57.4) 14.1(57.4) 8.5(47.3) 4.5(40.1) xe2x88x921.0(30.2) xe2x88x926.0(21.2) xe2x88x927.0(19.4) Average precipitation mm (inches) 98.3(3.87) 97.9(3.85) 93.1(3.67) 91.4(3.60) 70.1(2.76) 44.0(1.73) 28.3(1.11) 72.5(2.85) 86.1(3.39) 120.1(4.73) 142.3(5.60) 119.8(4.72) 1,064(41.89) Average precipitation days (xe2x89xa5 0.1 mm) 11.2 11.2 11.2 12.0 9.4 6.4 4.7 5.1 7.2 10.8 12.4 12.0 113.6 Average relative humidity (%) 59.9 58.4 61.2 64.2 66.7 63.8 58.2 59.2 61.9 62.2 62.4 60.3 61.5 Mean monthly sunshine hours 130.2 142.8 179.8 207.0 266.6 312.0 347.2 325.5 309.0 189.1 135.0 124.0 2,668.2 Source: Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service[54][55] | WIKI |
Climate data for Dubrovnik Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Average sea temperature xc2xb0C (xc2xb0F) 14.1(57.4) 14.2(57.6) 14.4(57.9) 15.6(60.1) 18.7(65.7) 23.1(73.6) 25.5(77.9) 25.4(77.7) 24.3(75.7) 20.7(69.3) 18.2(64.8) 15.7(60.3) 19.2(66.5) Mean daily daylight hours 9.0 11.0 12.0 13.0 15.0 15.0 15.0 14.0 12.0 11.0 10.0 9.0 12.2 Average Ultraviolet index 1 2 4 5 7 8 9 8 6 4 2 1 4.8 Source: Weather Atlas[56] | WIKI |
Old City of DubrovnikNative name Croatian: Stari grad DubrovnikThe Old Harbour at DubrovnikLocationDubrovnik-Neretva County, Croatia UNESCO World Heritage SiteTypeCulturalCriteriai, iii, ivDesignated1979 (3rd Session)Referencexc2xa0no.95Europe and North AmericaExtension1994Endangered1991xe2x80x931998 Cultural Good of CroatiaOfficial nameStari grad Dubrovnik | WIKI |
The annual Dubrovnik Summer Festival is a 45-day-long cultural event with live plays, concerts, and games. | WIKI |
Every year the city of Dubrovnik celebrates the holiday with Mass, parades, and festivities that last for several days. | WIKI |
The Old Town of Dubrovnik is depicted on the reverse of the Croatian 50 kuna banknote, issued in 1993 and 2002. | WIKI |
Also, the third-oldest European pharmacy and the oldest still in operation, having been founded in 1317, is in Dubrovnik, at the Little Brothers monastery. | WIKI |
In history, many Conversos (Marranos) were attracted to Dubrovnik, formerly a considerable seaport. | 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 |
In the bay of Dubrovnik is the 72-hectare (180-acre) wooded island of Lokrum, where according to legend, Richard the Lionheart, King of England, was cast ashore after being shipwrecked in 1192. | WIKI |
Banje, Dubrovnik's main public beach, is home to the Eastwest Beach Club. | 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 |
Dubrovnik's most beloved church is St Blaise's church, built in the 18th century in honour of Dubrovnik's patron saint. | WIKI |
Dubrovnik's Baroque Cathedral was built in the 18th century and houses an impressive Treasury with relics of Saint Blaise. | 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 |
In 1418, the Republic of Ragusa, as Dubrovnik was then named, erected a statue of Roland (Ital. | WIKI |
Its forearm was for a long time the unit of measure in Dubrovnik: one ell of Dubrovnik is equal to 51.2xc2xa0cm (20.2xc2xa0in). | WIKI |
Saint Blaise's Church Saint Ignatius Church Cathedral of the Assumption The Franciscan Monastery Stradun, Dubrovnik's main street The Clock tower | 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 Franjo Tuxc4x91man Bridge across the Rijeka Dubrovaxc4x8dka near Dubrovnik | WIKI |
Bosanka, population 139 Brsexc4x8dine, population 96 xc4x8cajkovica, population 160 xc4x8cajkovixc4x87i, population 26 Donje Obuljeno, population 210 Dubravica, population 37 Dubrovnik, population 28,434 Gornje Obuljeno, population 124 Gromaxc4x8da, population 146 Klixc5xa1evo, population 54 Knexc5xbeica, population 133 Koloxc4x8dep, population 163 Komolac, population 320 Lopud, population 249 Lozica, population 146 Ljubaxc4x8d, population 69 Mokoxc5xa1ica, population 1,924 Mravinjac, population 88 Mrxc4x8devo, population 90 Nova Mokoxc5xa1ica, population 6,016 Oraxc5xa1ac, population 631 Osojnik, population 301 Petrovo Selo, population 23 Pobrexc5xbeje, population 118 Prijevor, population 453 Roxc5xbeat, population 340 Suxc4x91uraxc4x91, population 207 Sustjepan, population 323 xc5xa0ipanska Luka, population 211 xc5xa0umet, population 176 Trsteno, population 222 Zaton, population 985 | WIKI |
Dubrovnik has its own international airport, located approximately 20xc2xa0km (12xc2xa0mi) southeast of Dubrovnik city centre, near xc4x8cilipi. | WIKI |
Buses connect the airport with the Dubrovnik old main bus station in Gruxc5xbe. | WIKI |
In addition, a network of modern, local buses connects all Dubrovnik neighbourhoods running frequently from dawn to midnight. | WIKI |
However, Dubrovnik, unlike Croatia's other major centres, is not accessible by rail;[79] until 1975 Dubrovnik was connected to Mostar and Sarajevo by a narrow gauge railway (760xc2xa0mm)[80][81] built during the Austro-Hungarian rule of Bosnia. | WIKI |
The A1 highway, in use between Zagreb and Ploxc4x8de, is planned to be extended all the way to Dubrovnik. | 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 |
Dubrovnik has a number of higher educational institutions. | WIKI |
These include the University of Dubrovnik, the Libertas University (Dubrovnik International University), Rochester Institute of Technology Croatia (former American College of Management and Technology), a University Centre for Postgraduate Studies of the University of Zagreb, and an Institute of History of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts. | WIKI |
Panoramic view of Dubrovnik | WIKI |
Ivan Gundulixc4x87 (Ragusa, 1589 xe2x80x93 1638), writer and poet Anselmo Banduri (Ragusa, 1671 xe2x80x93 Paris, 1743), numismatist and antiquarian Ruxc4x91er Josip Boxc5xa1kovixc4x87 (Dubrovnik, 1711 xe2x80x93 Milan, 1787) physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian Mato Vodopixc4x87 (Dubrovnik, 1816), bishop of Dubrovnik Matija Ban (Dubrovnik, 1818), poet, dramatist, and playwright Medo Pucixc4x87 (Dubrovnik, 1821), writer and politician Konstantin Vojnovixc4x87 (Dubrovnik, 1832), politician, university professor and rector in the Kingdom of Dalmatia and Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia of the Habsburg Monarchy Nicola Primorac (Dubrovnik, 1840), tobacconist, who together with a sailor and a ship's steward sailed the tiny yawl City of Ragusa twice across the Atlantic in 1870 and 1871 Ivo Vojnovixc4x87 (Dubrovnik, 1857), writer Tereza Kesovija (Dubrovnik, 1938), pop-classical-chanson singer Dubravka Tomxc5xa1ixc4x8d Srebotnjak (Dubrovnik, 1940), pianist Milo Hrnixc4x87 (Dubrovnik, 1950), pop singer Andro Knego (Dubrovnik, 1956), basketball player, Olympic and World champion Banu Alkan (Dubrovnik, 1958), female actor Dragan Andrixc4x87 (Dubrovnik, 1962), water polo player, two-time Olympic champion Nikola Prkaxc4x8din (Dubrovnik, 1975), basketball player Vlado Georgiev (Dubrovnik, 1976), pop singer, composer, and songwriter Frano Vixc4x87an (Dubrovnik, 1976), water polo player, Olympic, World and European champion Emir Spahixc4x87 (Dubrovnik, 1980), football player Miho Boxc5xa1kovixc4x87 (Dubrovnik, 1983), water polo player, Olympic, World and European champion Nikxc5xa1a Dobud (Dubrovnik, 1985), water polo player, Olympic and World champion Lukxc5xa1a Andrixc4x87 (Dubrovnik, 1985), basketball player Hrvoje Perixc4x87 (Dubrovnik, 1985), basketball player Andro Buxc5xa1lje (Dubrovnik, 1986), water polo player, Olympic, World and European champion Paulo Obradovixc4x87 (Dubrovnik, 1986), water polo player, Olympic and World champion Maro Jokovixc4x87 (Dubrovnik, 1987), water polo player, Olympic, World and European champion Ante Tomixc4x87 (Dubrovnik, 1987), basketball player Andrija Prlainovixc4x87 (Dubrovnik, 1987), water polo player, Olympic, World and European champion Sandro Sukno (Dubrovnik, 1990), water polo player, Olympic and World champion Mario Hezonja (Dubrovnik, 1995), basketball player Alen Halilovixc4x87 (Dubrovnik, 1996), football player Ana Konjuh (Dubrovnik, 1997), tennis player | WIKI |
Dubrovnik is twinned with:[83] | WIKI |
Stradun, the main street of Dubrovnik | WIKI |
The HBO series Game of Thrones used Dubrovnik as a filming location, representing the cities of King's Landing and Qarth. | WIKI |
Parts of Star Wars: The Last Jedi were filmed in Dubrovnik in March 2016, in which Dubrovnik was used as the setting for the casino city of Canto Bight. | WIKI |
Dubrovnik was one of the European sites used in the Bollywood movie Fan (2016), starring Shah Rukh Khan. | WIKI |
In early 2017, Robin Hood was filmed on locations in Dubrovnik. | WIKI |
In Kander and Ebb's song "Ring Them Bells," the protagonist, Shirley Devore, goes to Dubrovnik to look for a husband and meets her neighbor from New York. | 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 |
The band chose their name due to two members of the band Roddy Radalj (guitar vocals) and Boris Sujdovik (bass) being born in Dubrovnik. | WIKI |