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We started our tour of
Dubrovnik on Sunday morning, a little before most of the town was out to
attend church and then socialize. #268 shows the walls surrounding the
town--these walls were started in the 12th century and not completed for 500
years. It is still possible to walk the entire circumference (6,350
feet) and some of the walls are twenty feet thick. The walls are 80
feet tall, offering protection against any invader. #269 shows the damage to
the top of a building from the fighting which began here in 1991. #272-275
show the Franciscan Monastery including a pharmacy (274-275), dating from
1317 AD. #277 shows a typical, narrow street of Dubrovnik. Down
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#s 278-279 show St. Blaise's
Church. St. Blaise statues and relics are here and throughout the
town. St. Blaise was thought to have saved Dubrovnik from Venetian
attack in the 10th century by virtue of a dream a resident had of St. Blaise
warning of the impending attack. #281 shows a digital clock in the town
center with Roman numerals while #s 282-284 are at the Rector's Palace.
Two councils ruled the town in the fifteenth century and the Rector, or
leader, was elected by one of the councils but only for a thirty day period.
In that thirty days, he was not allowed to leave the building. A Latin
inscription above the council doors warned them to forget private affairs
and think only of the public. #285 is at the Dominican Monastery. In
town, in the Middle Ages, there was great competition between the
Franciscans, Dominicans and Jesuits. |
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#286-288 show typical street
scenes as Dubrovnik came alive on Sunday morning. #289 features a
friendly St. Bernard, reminding us of ours of twenty years ago. Then
we departed for the country, traveling to the Konavie region, about thirty
miles away. As we did so, we could see Dubrovnik far below us (290). |