The city of Dubrovnik (often called the 'Pearl of the Adriatic') became an important Mediterranean sea power from the 13th century onwards. Although severely damaged by an earthquake in 1667, Ragusa (as it has been called in former times) managed to preserve its beautiful Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque churches, monasteries, palaces and fountains. Damaged again in the 1990s by an armed conflict, it is now the focus of a major restoration programme co-ordinated by UNESCO.
If you are planning to visit Dubrovnik you may be interested in having a quick look at several photos of it. Click on the links below to view the pictures. We have taken any attempt to provide exact (GPS-based) coordinates of the positions where the photos have been taken.
Here you see greater Dubrovnik from space. Image courtesy of Earth Sciences and Image Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center.