City wall towards the southern part of the city harbor In 1470, a decision was made to build a new defensive wall on the southern part of the city
The present-day walls of Dubrovnik, in their full extent, were erected in the 13th century, with other extensions added periodically until 1660. The
The Ponta Gate (Vrata od Ponte) was the city gate through which one entered the southern part of the city harbor. Throughout history, it has been
Dubrovnik is the most important historical port of the eastern Adriatic. Its geographical position in the open sea of the southern Adriatic Sea and
The Naval loggia (Mornarska luža) was located next to the Ponta dock (gat Ponta), south of today’s fish market. According to archival sources, it
Dubrovnik's maritime routes continued along continental routes. Without the deep inland territories of the Balkans, the maritime trade routes would
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