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8 Military Landmarks in Dubrovnik

8 landmarks with verified facts and stories

Bokar Fortress
~2 min

Bokar Fortress

City Walls, 20000 Dubrovnik

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Bokar Fortress is often called the oldest casemate fortress in Europe, and while architectural historians will argue about that claim until the end of time, the building's credentials are impressive.

Cable Car & Mount Srđ
~3 min

Cable Car & Mount Srđ

Ulica Petra Krešimira IV, Ploče iza Grada, Dubrovnik, 20000, Croatia

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The original cable car was installed in 1969 — the first and only cable car station on the entire Adriatic coast.

Fort Lovrijenac
~3 min

Fort Lovrijenac

29 Od tabakarije, Pile-Kono, Dubrovnik, 20000, Croatia

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This fortress exists because of pure spite.

Minčeta Tower
~2 min

Minčeta Tower

City Walls, 20000 Dubrovnik

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This is the crown of Dubrovnik's defences — literally and figuratively.

Museum of the Homeland War
~2 min

Museum of the Homeland War

Pile-Kono, Dubrovnik, Croatia

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Fort Imperial sits at the summit of Mount Srđ like a stone crown, and inside its thick Napoleonic walls is a museum that forces you to reconcile the beauty below with the violence that nearly destroyed it.

Ploče Gate
~1 min

Ploče Gate

Ul. Vrata od Ploča, 20000 Dubrovnik

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If Pile Gate is Dubrovnik's front door, Ploče Gate is the side entrance — and the Republic fortified it even more heavily.

Revelin Fortress
~2 min

Revelin Fortress

Ul. Svetog Dominika, 20000 Dubrovnik

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The Republic of Ragusa built this fortress for one reason: they were terrified of the Venetians.

St. John Fortress & Maritime Museum
~2 min

St. John Fortress & Maritime Museum

Ul. Kneza Damjana Jude 12, 20000 Dubrovnik

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This massive curved fortress anchors the southeastern corner of the Old Town, its thick walls forming the eastern breakwater of the Old Port.

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