Walls of Dubrovnik

The Walls of Dubrovnik are a chain of protecting stone partitions surrounding the city of Dubrovnik in southern Croatia. With severa additions and adjustments at some point of their history, they had been considered to be among the notable fortification systems of the Middle Ages, as they have been by no means breached via a opposed military at some point of this term.

In 1979, the antique town of Dubrovnik, which includes a enormous part of the vintage walls of Dubrovnik, joined the UNESCO listing of World Heritage Sites. The oldest structures of fortifications around the town had been probably wood palisades. Today's intact city walls, built particularly all through the 12^th to 17th centuries, mainly a double line, have lengthy been a source of satisfaction for Dubrovnik. The walls run an uninterrupted course of about 1,940 metres in period, encircling most of the old city, and reach a most peak of about 25 metres. The bulk of the present walls and fortifications have been constructed all through the 14th and 15th centuries, however had been always extended and strengthened up until the 17th century.