The city angle
The walled whole over the sea — the knowing shot.
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Lovrjenac is Dubrovnik's Gibraltar: a triangular fort on a thirty-seven-metre rock outside the western walls — raised by the republic in three legendary months (the 11th century, as told) to beat Venice to the strategic stone, and over its gate the deathless line: Liberty is not sold for all the gold in the world. Its engineering is a lesson in cunning: the sea walls twelve metres of rock — the wall facing the city sixty centimetres only: a treacherous commander could be demolished by the town's own guns in a volley — architecture trusting no one, its garrison included. From its upper court the finest angle of the whole walled city over the sea (the Red Keep angle, to those who know) — and in summer a Shakespeare stage under stars: Hamlet here a festival tradition of half a century. The ticket sits inside the walls ticket itself — its inevitable one-hour sequel.
The walled whole over the sea — the knowing shot.
Shakespeare on the ramparts half a century.
Od Tabakarije 29, 20000 Dubrovnik
Franciscan Monastery and the Old PharmacyIt stands at the very start of the **Stradun**, just inside the Pile Gate, and h4 minutes walk4.3
The Walls of DubrovnikDubrovnik's walls are medieval Europe's most complete, outright: two unbroken ki4 minutes walk4.7
The House of Marin DržićA small museum in Dubrovnik's old town devoted to Marin Držić, the most importan4 minutes walk4.2
The Stradun & Old TownThe Stradun is Dubrovnik's marble salon: the three-hundred-metre main street of 5 minutes walk4.7
Bokar FortressA sea fortress at the western end of Dubrovnik's walls, standing on a rock proje6 minutes walk4.7Lovrjenac is the Red Keep for most of it (Blackwater, the court scenes) — the town King's Landing in its lanes: the Jesuit stairs the famous shame walk, Pile Gate and Minčeta (Qarth's House of the Undying) besides. Series tours are a whole local industry — the real scene sufficing all but the devoted.