Title

Fort St John, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

Caption

Fort St John, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 21st century. Fort St John was built in the 16th century to protect the harbour of Dubrovnik. The Adriatic port of Dubrovnik was founded by Roman refugees in the 7th century, and came under Byzantine rule after the fall of the Roman Empire. The city developed into a trading power and was an important centre of Slavic art and literature in the 15th-17th century. From the 14th century Dubrovnik was an independent city state, but it fell to Napoleon in 1808, after which the city passed to Austrian administration in 1815 and Yugoslavian in 1918. Dubrovnik was bombarded by the Serbs during Croatia's struggle for independence in 1991-1992.

Date

1996

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Vivienne Sharp

Reference

HRM19D68_060

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (1,6Mb) / 17,3in x 11,2in / 5185 x 3368 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior sea water coast building buildings fort architecture protection country geography castle color colour defence Mediterranean protected Balkans Dubrovnik Croatia Croatian fortification location protect concept Adriatic Sea VIVIENNE SHARP geographical feature TGN Dubrovacko-neretvanska photograph Vivienne Sharp Fort St John Sharp Vivienne VS VSP photograph