Monuments & Statues in Dubrovnik

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Monuments & Statues in Dubrovnik

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  • Ginges_revenge
    Brisbane, Australia4 732 contributions
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    I am always amazed of the age of items like this as the history behind it is so much older than the European age of culture in Australia which is just over 200 years of age. To see an amazing statue that is currently under restoration due to some damage caused by Serbian bombing, it still shows just how young my country is.
    Erected in 1418, it depicts the knight Orlando who was a hero of Dubrovnik.
    The statue is surrounded by a steel bar casement as it is being restored but you can still make it out OK. A must see when at the end of Stradun st and in front of Saint Blaises church.
    Written 8 July 2023
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  • Ginges_revenge
    Brisbane, Australia4 732 contributions
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    I had no idea who Marin Drzic was but apparently he was a writer who has been called Dubrovniks Shakespeare. Not sure how correct this is.
    The statue also has a shiny nose which everyone rubs as apparently it is good luck and supposedly brings the toucher of the nose back to Dubrovnik in the future. In no literature could I find the actual basis of this so I suppose its like Dubrovnik's version of the Trevi Fountain throwing a coin into it over your left shoulder which brings you back.
    A lot of people also get a photo on his lap but this is frowned upon and a local told me not to do it. I did it anyway as there were other people doing it and this local didn't ask them not to. Need to be consistent there.
    Still, as statues go, it wasn't a bad one and worth a photo.
    Written 16 July 2023
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  • AndyJohn74
    Sans Souci, Australia3 391 contributions
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    Regarded as the most prominent baroque poet from the Republic of Ragusa, Ivan Gundulic lived from 1589 to 1638. The monument itself was erected in 1893 in dubrovniks largest square, Poljana.
    Written 5 June 2023
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  • Michael B
    Bellflower, CA25 107 contributions
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    Located on the Brsalje terrace between the Pile Gate and the Visitor/Tourist Info center, is the Statue of Aphrodite and Pan. Built in 1902 it shows the statue of pan holding a sheep with Aphrodite standing by his shoulder.
    This is a very popular meeting place for tour groups, and cruise ship passengers waiting for transport back thier cruise ships. There are under the tall cool trees plenty of places to sit, and people watch.

    TIP: The public toilets are directly across the road.

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    Written 7 October 2020
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  • David D
    Devon, UK20 544 contributions
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    This statue pays hommage to late Pope John Paul II, now Saint.

    In June 2003, the 83 year old pontiff made an historic visit to Croatia, his third to the country.

    It was also marked the 100th foreign visit of his papacy making him the most travelled Pope ever.

    The life-size statue depicts his holiness in a standing position. It was erected to acknowledge the affection and esteem that the Croatian people had for Pope John Paul II.

    The bronze statue stands alongside the Church of the Holy Cross, opposite the Port of Gruž in Dubrovnik.
    Written 10 June 2022
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  • Carolina P
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    It was colourful and a nice greeting when arriving by boat. It was bigger than they are usually. It was worth a glance for sure.
    Written 13 July 2022
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  • David D
    Devon, UK20 544 contributions
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    Monday 13th June and we saw this memorial on a roundabout outside the main building of the Port of Gruž, in Dubrovnik.

    Initially it looked like a large rock, with an old anchor on one side and a large oblong stone on the other.

    We did notice a square plaque on the front of the large rock.

    Inscribed on the plaque is the name Vlaho Škilj and the dates 1950 to 1991. A bunch of red roses and a sprig of white flowers were positioned above the plaque.

    The memorial has been placed there by Police Association of Veterans of the Dubrovnik 91 Police Department.

    It honours their fallen comrade in arms, Vlaho
    Škilj who died on the 6th December 1991 at 14.00 in the Port of Gruž. He was a member of the MUP (Ministry of the Interior) Reserve. He was posthumously awarded with an number of honours.
    Written 20 June 2022
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