Started with the City Wall walk at 8:30am (opened at 8). Few people in the streets so thought it would be a quite time. Wrong – a well known accent and a cruise liner was anchored in the harbour. All the same it’s a lovely near 2km walk around the walls with a couple of museums to visit and of course a couple of cafes. The Maritime Museum was very good. Amazing how far they sailed centuries ago. Of course I had to stop for an orange juice and sit looking out over the sea.
Great views of course over Old Town Dubrovnik. It was after midday before I got off the walls and headed back to my apartment for a rest.
Later out on a museum afternoon. “House of Marin Držić” 1508-67, a great Croatian playwright. “Ethnographic Museum” set in a 16th century granary (huge holes dug out of the bedrock like reverse silos) – costumes, tools etc.
“St. Ignatius Church” rebuilt after the 1667 earthquake in the Baroque style.
Popped in to see the “Buža Beach” which is really steep rocks leading down to the sea.
“Gallery Dulčić Masle Pulitika” (you got that) with modern art (well…) and some great aerial photography of Eastern Europe mainly. “Dubrovnik Cathedral” on the site of a 12th century Cathedral destroyed in the 1667 earthquake again rebuilt in the Baroque style.
“Rector’s Palace” a huge display from the time of the Republic of Ragusa (14th century to 1808).
“Church of St. Blaise” 1715 Baroque style.
“City Guard Building” chimed 5pm. “Sponza Palace” had a Memorial to the 1991-95 war and photos of a partly destroyed Dubrovnik.
It was time for a fig and walnut icecream. Yum. Later I caught a local bus to the new port (Luka Guz) were my ferry had arrived at yesterday. I was recommended a restaurant there and I had a lovely fish dinner.
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