Dubrovnik, Croatia

9/16/01

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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 streets of this sort were many charming restaurants and shops. 

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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).

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