The Penalty Tower played an important role in the fortification system of the harbour. It was located at the south-eastern corner of the Great
There were a number of shipyards in the Dubrovnik area: larger ones were in the town of Suđurađ on the island of Lopud and on the island of Šipan,
The Fish Market Gate (Vrata od Ribarnice) was the city gate through which one entered the northern part of the city harbour. The decision to
Next the Tower of St. Luke there used to be the city slaughterhouse. Initially, it was just an opened space in front of the city wall, accessed
The carrack was a merchant vessel, and the largest cargo sailing ship in the 15th and 16th centuries. The carracks were armed with forty cannons to
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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