The Inter-University Centre stands as a cream-colored, multi-story building that formerly served as the Don Frane Bulić high school. Founded in nineteen seventy-two on the initiative of physicist Ivan Supek, the center was established as…
The 1991 Siege Memorials
Trace the physical scars and monuments left by the Homeland War in the early 1990s, when the Old Town was shelled. You will see how Dubrovnik's historic buildings were restored and honor the citizens who defended them.
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1. Inter-University Center
2. Pile Gate
Pile Gate is the main entrance to the historic walled city of Dubrovnik. You can recognize it by the double-arched stone bridge that leads across a deep, green passage where a defensive moat once sat. This bridge connects to a heavy,…
3. Franciscan Church and Monastery
The Franciscan Church and Monastery is defined by its ornate, Gothic-style stone portal that overlooks the beginning of the Placa. Sculpted in fourteen ninety-eight by the brothers Leonard and Petar Petrović, the portal is the only part of…
4. WAR PHOTO LIMITED
War Photo Limited occupies a building that served as a sixteenth-century granary. You can identify the exhibition space by its modest exterior tucked into the narrow streets of the Old Town, a stark contrast to the nearby sunlit cafes and…
5. Buza Gate
The Buža Gate is a simple, modern breach cut directly into the massive stone fortification walls on the northern side of the Old Town. Unlike the city’s historic entrances, which were designed with complex defensive bridges and guarded…
6. Spomen Soba Dubrovačkih Branitelja
The Spomen Soba Dubrovačkih Branitelja, or Memorial Room of the Dubrovnik Defenders, occupies a space on the ground floor of the historic Sponza Palace. You can identify this location by the quiet, somber atmosphere within the high-arched…
7. Ploce Gate
Ploce Gate is the eastern entrance to the historic walled city of Dubrovnik. You can identify it by the stone bridge that leads toward the city walls, passing directly alongside the massive Revelin Fortress. Above the gate, a stone statue…