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Srđ is a low mountain just behind the walled city of Dubrovnik in Dalmatia, Croatia. [1] The mountain, part of the Dinaric Alps , has a height of 412 metres (1,352 ft). [ 2 ] At its top is a large white stone cross and Fort Imperial , a defensive structure built by the French in 1810 during the Napoleonic Wars .
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Pasjača is located approximately 30 kilometres far from Dubrovnik, [2] one of the most prominent and most visited tourist destinations in the Mediterranean Sea, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva County. Cavtat, the seat of Konavle, is about 12 km away.
Stradun (pronounced) or Placa (Stradone or Corso), whose name derives from Venetian, and means "large road" or "wide road", [1] is the main street of Dubrovnik, Croatia.The limestone-paved pedestrian street runs some 300 metres through the Old Town, the historic part of the city surrounded by the Walls of Dubrovnik.
Today, Cavtat is a popular tourist destination with many hotels and private households that rent rooms and apartments. The seafront is filled with shops and restaurants. There are several beaches in Cavtat and its surroundings, among them Pasjača, as well as Ključice, Obod, Rat and
The Walls of Dubrovnik (Croatian: Dubrovačke gradske zidine) are a series of defensive stone walls surrounding the city of Dubrovnik in southern Croatia. [ Note 1 ] [ 1 ] Ramparts were built in the outlying areas of the city, including the mountain slopes as part of a set of statues from 1272. [ 2 ]
Lovrijenac's use as a stage was a recent addition to the history of the fort, and the performance of Shakespeare's Hamlet has become the symbol of Dubrovnik Summer Festival. A production of A Midsummer Nights Dream was performed here as part of Midsummer Scene in the summer of 2017 and 2018.