Old City of Dubrovnik (Croatia)

August, 2005

St. Blaise (Sv. Vlaha) and the Cathedral (back) from the City Wall
St. Blaise is the patron of the city, and this 18th century church built by venetian Marino Gropeli over the ruins of the former romanesque church is a prominent gathering point. The Cathedral lies at the same place of other former chusrches, from the 7th century. The actual one is from 1713, after the Great Earthquake, and was planned by Buffalini from Urbino. The City Wall encloses the Old City, sometime in the past the powerful independent republic of Ragusa, rival of Venice about mediterranean primacy.
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