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Fort Lovrijenac: Fortress LOVRIJENAC
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  • By ruki on January 23, 2006
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  • Fort Lovrijenac - Dubrovnik
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    Located at the western side of the Town outside the City Wall at a 36 meters high cliff. It dominates, both the sea and the land entrances to the Town from the west. According to old scripts it was built in only three months. Today its interior is one of the most dignified stages in Europe, a well-known place for Shakespeare's Hamlet performances.

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    Fort Lovrijenac: Western Town Wall & Fortress Lovrijenac
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  • By jckim on November 17, 2004
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    Located at the western side of the Town outside the City Wall at a 36 meters high cliff. It dominates, both the sea and the land entrances to the Town from the west. According to old scripts it was built in only three months. Today its interior is one of the most dignified stages in Europe, a well-known place for Shakespeare's Hamlet performances.(14th century)

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  • Address: outside the City Dubrovnik
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    Fort Lovrijenac: Dubrovnik: Fort Lovrijenac
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  • Updated By Phalaenopsis03 on November 7, 2003
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    Still at the beginning of our walk and we got an amazing view of this fortress, called Fort Lovrijenac. It is located just outside the walls and stands atop a steep cliff. It was originally designed for defense against enemies approaching from the west. But now I hear it's used for popular stage plays performed during the summer time.

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    Fort Lovrijenac: Walk over to Dubrovnik's Gibraltar
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  • By Ruai on May 25, 2006
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    Took a stroll over to this fort, which is very prominent from the city walls. Becuase of a distrust of too much power being concentrated in an individuals hands, the commander of this fort was changed very frequently. It also had thin walls facing the city, though very thick to the sea and land. Once inside, theres not actually much to see, but the views back into the old city are great. Apparently it is often used for performances of Hamlet and would love to see one in such an evocative building.

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  • By traveloturc on July 24, 2006
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    Lovrijenac, a strong and big fort, stands on the steep high rock (37 m). Its called also the "Dubrovnik Gibraltar". The fort has got three terraces.Previously there were two gates, but the Austrians destroyed the inside one in order to carry away old guns after the Fort had been disarmed.The fort was of the greatest importance for the safety of the city.The aristocrats of Dubrovnik did not trust their own members. So, in case of a mutiny, the guns from the city walls could bomb the east corner of the Fort successfully.The foundation of Lovrijenac is related with a story: old chronicles say that Venice wanted to build a fort on the isolated steep rock to keep Dubrovnik under control. Having known this, the Republic and her citizens made great effort to construct their own fort on the same rock for only three months. The Venetians came on their ships loaded with materials and found that they had been outwitted. So the chroniclers put both this event and the foundation of Lovrijenac into 1018 or 1038. It is probable that the rock, because of its dominating position, was fortified even earlier


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    Fort Lovrijenac: 14Th Century Fortress
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  • By Mikebb on May 29, 2006
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    Walking around the Old Town Walls you will see the fortress situated approximately half a kilometer outside the city walls on a rocky outcrop 37 metres above sea level. The fort was constructed during the 14th century and was most important in the defensive system as any attack upon the city would be from the sea.

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    Fort Lovrijenac: The most exposed
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  • By solopes on August 31, 2006
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    Being the one apart from the wall, this fort stands in a cliff over the sea, reaching 36 meters high.

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  • By bagira11 on January 17, 2006
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    A fort on the steep rock. The fort has got three terraces: the highest is close to the cavalier and the lowest is open to the sea.

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    Fort Lovrijenac: Fort Lovrijenac and Minceta fortress
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  • Updated By JLBG on November 14, 2004
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    In the foreground, Minceta fortress, with its loopholes and machicolations is easy to recognize. In the background, fort Lovrijenac is located just outside the city walls. We will see more on it on another picture.

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  • Updated By sandysmith on November 9, 2005
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    Fort Lovrijenac is an important fortress outside the city walls and it dominates the two approaches to the western part of the city. Together with Fort Bokar it closes and guards the oldest of the Dubrovnik harbours – Kalarinja. Today it is used for theatre productions of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” during the Dubrovnik Summer Festival.If you have time then do have a visit here, not a lot to see inside (small fee charged) but great views from the top.


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