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Croatian territory surrounding the city stretches from the Pelješac peninsula to the west and the Prevlaka peninsula in the east at the entrance to the Bay of Kotor on the border with Montenegro. [13] This territory is very narrow, especially near Dubrovnik itself, [14] and consists of a 0.5-to-15-kilometre (0.31-to-9.32-mile) wide coastal ...
The names Dubrovnik and Ragusa co-existed for several centuries.Ragusa, recorded in various forms since at least the 10th century (in Latin, Dalmatian, Italian; in Venetian: Raguxa), remained the official name of the Republic of Ragusa until 1808, and of the city within the Kingdom of Dalmatia until 1918, while Dubrovnik, first recorded in the late 12th century, was in widespread use by the ...
The Armed Boats Squadron Dubrovnik was established on 23 September 1991 as a volunteer unit of the Croatian Navy. [15] It served during the Siege of Dubrovnik, and was a key factor in the successful defence of the city.
Babin Kuk Burno Rotta, Burnorotta; Bac Do Bazzi; Bačina Bàcchina, Bàcina, ... A map of the Pelješac peninsula, the island of Mljet, and the Neretva river area ...
The Babin Republic (in Polish Rzeczpospolita Babińska) is an oil painting by Jan Matejko from 1881. [1] This painting depicts a meeting of the Babin Republic , a literary society founded in the sixteenth-century Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth which left a long-lasting impression on Polish culture.
The Balkan Peninsula has a combined area of about 470,000 km 2 (181,000 sq mi) (slightly smaller than Spain). The peninsula is generally encompassed in the region known as Southeast Europe. [33] [34] [35] Italy currently holds a small area around Trieste that is by some older definitions considered a part of the Balkan Peninsula. However, the ...
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Kukësi i Ri is surrounded by the artificial lake of Fierza and it looks like a peninsula from the above. It is linked with the other parts of the country by three bridges. On the east it faces the snow-covered mountain of Gjallica, 2468 m above sea level.