Dubrovnik, the historic Ragusa Republic
View of the old city of Dubrovnik from the lookout point at the top of the mountain Srđ, 412 metres above sea level. Srđ was once forested with oak trees which locals called dubrava (from the old Slavic word dub, “oak tree”), after which the city of Dubrovnik was named. The mountain was home to one of the fiercest battles of the Independence War: the Siege of Dubrovnik, commemorated in a museum in Fort Imperial.
Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Sat Sep 29, 2018