The Walls of Dubrovnik 2009 10 16 croatia dubrovnik fort lovrijenac

The Walls of Dubrovnik

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December 11th 2009
These are the captions for this album: http://picasaweb.google.com/schmitt.dick/TheDefensiveWallsOfDubrovnikCroatia?authkey=Gv1sRgCPun7on-t_qangE# It makes a lot more sense to see them by clicking on the link above Day or night, by land or by sea, Dubrovnik's walls are highly visible as one approaches this historic city. One of the strongest set of fortifications in Europe, these were ne ... read more

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The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a feder... ... read more