Visiting Dubrovnik, Croatia

This was a great adventure even tho it was raining all the time. Dubrovnik (Italian Ragusa) is a Croatian city on the Adriatic sea. The city is beautiful and the food is fantastic. 

"The prosperity of the city of Dubrovnik was historically based on maritime trade. As the capital of the Republic of Ragusa, amaritime republic, the city achieved a high level of development, particularly during the 15th and 16th centuries. Dubrovnik became notable for its wealth and skilled diplomacy."

"After the fall of the Ostrogothic Kingdom, the town came under the protection of the Byzantine Empire. Dubrovnik in those medieval centuries had a population of Latinized Illyrians. After the Crusades, Dubrovnik came under the sovereignty of Venice (1205–1358), which would give its institutions to the Dalmatian city."

The Venice influence is almost touchable. I like that a lot. It is incredible how much this city reminds on Venice. I could imagine the parties and dresses, ladies in a boats, counts, masks etc. 

This city left me breathless. Even tho right now when I'm writing/remembering all things there my heart jumps.

Most of the monuments you can enter free and some of them you have to pay but its not expensive and its worth its 20-50kn (Croatian kuna). If you like to visit the wall which surrounds the city it costs 50kn. View is stunning!

Also there is small marked place with homemade stuff like jams, dry fruit,cheese, wine etc. I personally liked dried figs and oranges. 

The first photo is;  The Rector's Palace with a Gothic-Renaissance structure that displays finely carved capitals and an ornate staircase. It now houses a museum.

The second photo; Walls of Dubrovnik and small harbour

The third photo; The St. Saviour Church is another remnant of the Renaissance period, next to the much-visited Franciscan Monastery. The Franciscan monastery's library possesses 30,000 volumes, 216 incunabula, 1,500 valuable handwritten documents. Exhibits include a 15th-century silver-gilt cross and silver thurible, an 18th-century crucifix from Jerusalem, a martyrology (1541) by Bemardin Gucetic and illuminated psalters.

I hope you enjoyed in this written adventure because I really enjoyed in this trip !

Ammi xoxo