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  • The Gazi Husrev-beg hanukah school of islamic mysticism (Sufism), now a museum, with an exhibition about war and peace in the Balkans in 1918, near the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, built 1530-32, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The complex includes a maktab and madrasa (Islamic primary and secondary schools), a bezistan and a hammam. The mosque complex was renovated after damage during the 1992 Siege of Sarajevo during the Yugoslav War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Front cover of issue no. 586 of Historia, a monthly history magazine, published October 1995, focusing on 16 centuries of war in the Balkans. Historia was created by Jules Tallandier and published 1909-37 and again from 1945. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Facades and closed shopfronts of the carshija or ancient market in Korce, Albania. This market or pazar is known as the Bazaar of the Serenades and is now abandoned, although was once one of the largest and most beautiful in the Balkans. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Marin Drzic, 1508-67, Croatian playwright and poet, outside the Rector's Palace in the Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Rubbing the nose of the statue is thought to bring good luck. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The medieval walled city with its defensive walls and 11th century Lovrijenac Fortress, and the old harbour, protected by the 14th century Fortress of St John or Mulo Tower, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Western ramparts of the medieval walled city above the cliffs overlooking the Adriatic Sea, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Orlando or Roland, legendary knight, who saved Dubrovnik from a 15 month Saracen siege in the 9th century, on Orlando's Column, Luza Square, at the end of Stradun or Placa, the main street in the Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Plaque at the entrance to the National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina, commemorating the fire in 1992 during the Siege of Sarajevo in the Yugoslav War, when the building and over 2 million books and documents were damaged or destroyed, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This national library, designed in 1891 by the Czech architect Karel Parik as the City Hall, reopened as a library in 2014. This building, on the banks of the Miljacka river, is from the Austro-Hungarian period of the city. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Painting of a sephardic Jewish shopkeeper, 19th century, from the Sephardic Old Synagogue, built 1587, which now houses a museum, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sehidsko Kovaci cemetery, where Bosnian soldiers who died in the 1990s Yugoslav War are buried, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Prayer hall with minbar or pulpit and mihrab, in the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, built 1530-32, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The complex includes a maktab and madrasa (Islamic primary and secondary schools), a bezistan (vaulted marketplace)and a hammam. The mosque was renovated after damage during the 1992 Siege of Sarajevo during the Yugoslav War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital with floral design and human figures, 15th century by Salvi di Michele in Renaissance style, on the porch on the facade of the Rector's Palace, built in the 15th century by Onofrio di Giordano della Cava, in Gothic and Renaissance style, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The medieval walled city, with the defensive walls and the old harbour, protected by the 14th century Fortress of St John or Mulo Tower, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital with cherubs, 15th century by Salvi di Michele in Renaissance style, on the porch on the facade of the Rector's Palace, built in the 15th century by Onofrio di Giordano della Cava, in Gothic and Renaissance style, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Girl walking along the Old Harbour with her mobile phone, with a boat passing behind, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Looking up at the semi-cupola of the apse of St Ignatius Church or the Jesuit Church, built 1699-1703 by Ignazio Pozzo, with Baroque frescoes with angels in heaven painted by Gaetano Garcia, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cloister, built in late Romanesque style by Mihoje Brajkov of Bar in 1360, with a colonnade of pairs of 8-sided columns with different capitals, portraying human heads, animals, grotesques and floral motifs, at the Franciscan monastery on Stradun or Placa, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mural, with St Francis and a dog, on the wall of the Cloister, built in late Romanesque style by Mihoje Brajkov of Bar in 1360, in the Franciscan monastery on Stradun or Placa, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Capitals with a sphinx and palm frond motif, atop pairs of 8-sided columns in the colonnade of the Cloister, built in late Romanesque style by Mihoje Brajkov of Bar in 1360, at the Franciscan monastery on Stradun or Placa, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Capital with human heads, atop pairs of 8-sided columns in the colonnade of the Cloister, built in late Romanesque style by Mihoje Brajkov of Bar in 1360, at the Franciscan monastery on Stradun or Placa, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View over the rooftops of the medieval walled city with the Cathedral, St Blaise Church and Lokrum island behind, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Eastern ramparts of the medieval walled city, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View from above of the City Guards marching in the street, led by a drummer, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Facade of a building on Stradun or Placa, the main street in the Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The street is 300m long and paved in limestone. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved semi-capital with man buying medicine, from scene of Asclepius, Greek god of medicine, 15th century by Pietro di Martino, the only original capital on the porch on the facade of the Rector's Palace, built in the 15th century by Onofrio di Giordano della Cava, in Gothic and Renaissance style, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital with cherubs, animals and garlands, 15th century by Salvi di Michele in Renaissance style, on the porch on the facade of the Rector's Palace, built in the 15th century by Onofrio di Giordano della Cava, in Gothic and Renaissance style, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital with acanthus leaves and human figures, 15th century by Salvi di Michele in Renaissance style, on the porch on the facade of the Rector's Palace, built in the 15th century by Onofrio di Giordano della Cava, in Gothic and Renaissance style, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital with cherubs, animals and garlands, 15th century by Salvi di Michele in Renaissance style, on the porch on the facade of the Rector's Palace, built in the 15th century by Onofrio di Giordano della Cava, in Gothic and Renaissance style, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The medieval walled city with its defensive walls and the old harbour, protected by the 14th century Fortress of St John or Mulo Tower, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The medieval walled city with its defensive walls and the old harbour, protected by the 14th century Fortress of St John or Mulo Tower, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Rector's Palace, built in the 15th century by Onofrio di Giordano della Cava, in Gothic and Renaissance style, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Minceta Tower, designed by Nicifor Ranjina in the 14th century, a defensive fortress on the North ramparts of Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stradun or Placa, the main street in the Old Town, with the bell tower in the distance and 14th century Franciscan monastery on the left, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The street is 300m long and paved in limestone. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View over the rooftops of the medieval walled city, Dubrovnik, Croatia, with the Lovrijenac Fortress and Adriatic Sea in the distance. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Big Onofrio's fountain, built 1438-40 by Onofrio della Cava, a 16-sided structure with cupola by Petar Martinov, at the end of a city aqueduct used to collect rainwater from the rooftops, on Poljana Paskoja Milicevica, in front of the Holy Saviour Church, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View over the rooftops of the medieval walled city, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The old harbour of the medieval walled city, protected by the 14th century Fortress of St John or Mulo Tower and the Porporela breakwater (left), Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The old harbour of the medieval walled city, Dubrovnik, Croatia, developed by architect Paskoje Milicevic in the 15th century. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Bokar Fortress or Zvjezdan Fortress, 15th century, facing the Adriatic Sea and protecting the South West of the city, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Koski Mehmed Pasha mosque, built 1618, in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town is named after the mostari or bridge keepers of the Stari Most or Old Bridge. Mostar developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Embroidered Arabic calligraphy, Ottoman period, from Kajtaz House, a traditional Islamic home, originally the harem of a larger homestead built for a 16th century Turkish judge, in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The town is named after the mostari or bridge keepers of the Stari Most or Old Bridge. Mostar developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stari Most or Old Bridge, a 16th century Ottoman bridge across the Neretva river in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The bridge was destroyed in the 1990s Yugoslavian war and has been rebuilt. The town is named after the mostari or bridge keepers of the Old Bridge. Mostar developed in the 15th and 16th centuries as an Ottoman frontier town and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Clock Tower which keeps lunar time according to the sun and moon, helping the locals to time their call to prayer, built in the 17th century, next to the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city was founded by the Ottomans in 1461. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Skender Kulenovic, 1910-78, Bosnian poet, novelist and dramatist, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Isac Samokovlija, 1889-1955, Bosnian Jewish writer, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sarajevo Tunnel or Tunel Spasa, built May 1992 - November 1995 during the Siege of Sarajevo during the Yugoslav War by the Bosnian army, to link the besieged Sarajevo city to Bosnian and UN held areas outside the city, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Arms, food and humanitarian aid passed through the tunnel, and people could also escape the city. The building and tunnel are now preserved as the Sarajevo Tunnel Museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inside the Sarajevo Tunnel or Tunel Spasa, built May 1992 - November 1995 during the Siege of Sarajevo during the Yugoslav War by the Bosnian army, to link the besieged Sarajevo city to Bosnian and UN held areas outside the city, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Arms, food and humanitarian aid passed through the tunnel, and people could also escape the city. The building and tunnel are now preserved as the Sarajevo Tunnel Museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inside the Sarajevo Tunnel or Tunel Spasa, built May 1992 - November 1995 during the Siege of Sarajevo during the Yugoslav War by the Bosnian army, to link the besieged Sarajevo city to Bosnian and UN held areas outside the city, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Arms, food and humanitarian aid passed through the tunnel, and people could also escape the city. The building and tunnel are now preserved as the Sarajevo Tunnel Museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • A busy shopping street and behind, the Moric Inn, a caravanserai built in the late 16th century by Ghazi Husrev-Beg, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city was founded by the Ottomans in 1461. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Hotel Old Town at night and behind, the minaret of the 16th century Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city was founded by the Ottomans in 1461. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Latin Bridge, originally a 16th century Ottoman bridge over the river Miljacka but rebuilt 1798-99, and on the left, the Museum of the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand, marking the spot where, on the 28th June 1914, Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sofia, an act which led to the outbreak of the First World War, Stari Grad, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The bridge is a National Monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tram passing in front of the Museum of the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand, on the spot where, on the 28th June 1914, Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, an act which led to the outbreak of the First World War, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mannequins of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sofia in the Museum of the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand, built on the spot where, on the 28th June 1914, Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, an act which led to the outbreak of the First World War, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Gazi Husrev-beg bezistan or vaulted marketplace near the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, built 1530-32, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The complex includes a maktab and madrasa (Islamic primary and secondary schools), a bezistan and a hammam. The mosque complex was renovated after damage during the 1992 Siege of Sarajevo during the Yugoslav War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Alifacovac Cemetery, dating to before the Ottoman empire, in the Alifacovac district, one of the oldest parts of the city, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of a menorah on a wooden panel, inside the Sephardic Old Synagogue, built 1587, which now houses a museum, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inside the Sephardic Old Synagogue, built 1587, which now houses a museum, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Street of shops of the iron and copper workers at night in the old town of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city was founded by the Ottomans in 1461. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Sebilj at night, a public fountain in Ottoman style made from wood on a stone base, built 1891, in Bascarsija Square, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Behind is the 16th century Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque. The square is also called Pigeon Square as people sit in the cafes drinking coffee and feeding the many pigeons which congregate here. The city was founded by the Ottomans in 1461. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View over the city of Sarajevo, capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Founded by the Ottomans in 1461, the city sits in the Sarajevo Valley surrounded by the Dinaric Alps. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Minbar or pulpit in the prayer hall of the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, built 1530-32, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The complex includes a maktab and madrasa (Islamic primary and secondary schools), a bezistan (vaulted marketplace)and a hammam. The mosque was renovated after damage during the 1992 Siege of Sarajevo during the Yugoslav War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Main entrance to the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque, built 1530-32, with arched doorway and muqarnas above, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The complex includes a maktab and madrasa (Islamic primary and secondary schools), a bezistan (vaulted marketplace)and a hammam. The mosque was renovated after damage during the 1992 Siege of Sarajevo during the Yugoslav War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Decorative detail of the original ceiling, in the Ashkenazi Synagogue, built 1902 by Karel Parik in Neo Moorish style on the banks of the river Miljacka, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ashkenazi Jews arrived in Sarajevo with the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the late 19th century. The building is a National Monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Bakrbaba Mosque, built in 1544 by Hajji-Alija Bakrbaba, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A madrasa, mekteb, library and harem were later added to the complex, which was destroyed in 1895 under Austro-Hungarian rule. The mosque has recently been rebuilt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Inside Sarajevo Synagogue, or the Ashkenazi Synagogue, built 1902 by Karel Parik in Neo Moorish style on the banks of the river Miljacka, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ashkenazi Jews arrived in Sarajevo with the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the late 19th century. The building is a National Monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The National and University Library of Bosnia and Herzegovina at night, the national library, designed in 1891 by the Czech architect Karel Parik as the City Hall, and reopened as a library in 2014, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This building, on the banks of the Miljacka river, is from the Austro-Hungarian period of the city. The building and many of its documents were damaged in 1992 during the Siege of Sarajevo in the Yugoslav War. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Seher-Cehaja Bridge in the evening, a 16th century Ottoman bridge crossing the Miljacka river, and the minaret of the Hadzijska Mosque or Vekil Harc Mosque, built 1541-61, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city was founded by the Ottomans in 1461. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Seher-Cehaja Bridge in the evening, a 16th century Ottoman bridge crossing the Miljacka river, and the minaret of the Hadzijska Mosque or Vekil Harc Mosque, built 1541-61, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The city was founded by the Ottomans in 1461. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View over the rooftops of the medieval walled city with the old harbour on the left and Lokrum island behind, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Nave and apse of St Ignatius Church or the Jesuit Church, built 1699-1703 by Ignazio Pozzo, with Baroque frescoes with scenes from the life of St Ignatius of Loyola painted by Gaetano Garcia, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View over the rooftops of the medieval walled city with the old harbour, Bell Tower, Cathedral, St Blaise Church, St Ignatius Church on the right and Lokrum island behind, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The medieval walled city, with the defensive walls and the Minceta Tower, and the old harbour on the left, Dubrovnik, Croatia, and the island of Lokrum in the top corner. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The medieval walled city, with the defensive walls and the old harbour, protected by the 14th century Fortress of St John or Mulo Tower, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The medieval walled city, with the defensive walls and the Minceta Tower, and the old harbour on the left, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The medieval walled city, with the defensive walls and the Minceta Tower, and the old harbour on the left, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The old harbour of the medieval walled city, protected by the Porporela breakwater (left), Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • View over the rooftops of the medieval walled city with the Bell Tower, Cathedral and St Blaise Church and St Ignatius Church on the right, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Clock on the Bell Tower on Luza Square on Stradun or Placa, the main street in the Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Orlando or Roland, legendary knight, who saved Dubrovnik from a 15 month Saracen siege in the 9th century, on Orlando's Column, Luza Square, at the end of Stradun or Placa, the main street in the Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Detail of Small Onofrio's fountain, built 1440-42 by Onofrio della Cava, with sculptures by Petar Martinov, used to collect rainwater from the rooftops to service the market, on Luza Square at the end of Stradun or Placa, the main street in the Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Carved capital with cherubs and animals, 15th century by Salvi di Michele in Renaissance style, on the porch on the facade of the Rector's Palace, built in the 15th century by Onofrio di Giordano della Cava, in Gothic and Renaissance style, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Man sitting on a bench in the Old Harbour, watching a passing boat leaving for Lokrum Island, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Statue of Marin Drzic, 1508-67, Croatian playwright and poet, outside the Rector's Palace in the Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Rubbing the nose of the statue is thought to bring good luck. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Shrine in a grotto to Our Lady of Lourdes, originally created 1885 by Fulgenzio Malagoli and rebuilt by Croatian sculptor Lojzika Ulman, inside St Ignatius Church, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Shrine in a grotto to Our Lady of Lourdes, originally created 1885 by Fulgenzio Malagoli and rebuilt by Croatian sculptor Lojzika Ulman, inside St Ignatius Church, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_DUBROVNIK_MC121.jpg
  • Nave and apse of St Ignatius Church or the Jesuit Church, built 1699-1703 by Ignazio Pozzo, with Baroque frescoes with scenes from the life of St Ignatius of Loyola painted by Gaetano Garcia, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_DUBROVNIK_MC120.jpg
  • Nave and apse of St Ignatius Church or the Jesuit Church, built 1699-1703 by Ignazio Pozzo, with Baroque frescoes with scenes from the life of St Ignatius of Loyola painted by Gaetano Garcia, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Cloister, built in late Romanesque style by Mihoje Brajkov of Bar in 1360, with view to the bell tower, at the Franciscan monastery on Stradun or Placa, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The cloister consists of a colonnade of pairs of 8-sided columns with different capitals, portraying human heads, animals, grotesques and floral motifs. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_DUBROVNIK_MC118.jpg
  • Cloister, built in late Romanesque style by Mihoje Brajkov of Bar in 1360, at the Franciscan monastery on Stradun or Placa, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The cloister consists of a colonnade of pairs of 8-sided columns with different capitals, portraying human heads, animals, grotesques and floral motifs. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_DUBROVNIK_MC116.jpg
  • Mural, with monks being welcomed to the city, on the wall of the Cloister, built in late Romanesque style by Mihoje Brajkov of Bar in 1360, in the Franciscan monastery on Stradun or Placa, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_DUBROVNIK_MC117.jpg
  • Capital with a dragon, atop pairs of 8-sided columns in the colonnade of the Cloister, built in late Romanesque style by Mihoje Brajkov of Bar in 1360, at the Franciscan monastery on Stradun or Placa, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_DUBROVNIK_MC115.jpg
  • Capital with grotesque masks, atop pairs of 8-sided columns in the colonnade of the Cloister, built in late Romanesque style by Mihoje Brajkov of Bar in 1360, at the Franciscan monastery on Stradun or Placa, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_DUBROVNIK_MC113.jpg
  • Capital with human heads, atop pairs of 8-sided columns in the colonnade of the Cloister, built in late Romanesque style by Mihoje Brajkov of Bar in 1360, at the Franciscan monastery on Stradun or Placa, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_DUBROVNIK_MC112.jpg
  • Mural, with nuns mourning the death of a saint, on the wall of the Cloister, built in late Romanesque style by Mihoje Brajkov of Bar in 1360, in the Franciscan monastery on Stradun or Placa, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_DUBROVNIK_MC110.jpg
  • Painting of a plan of the Old Town of Dubrovnik before the 1667 earthquake, in the museum in the Franciscan monastery on Stradun or Placa, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_DUBROVNIK_MC108.jpg
  • Capital with sheep heads, atop pairs of 8-sided columns in the colonnade of the Cloister, built in late Romanesque style by Mihoje Brajkov of Bar in 1360, at the Franciscan monastery on Stradun or Placa, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_DUBROVNIK_MC107.jpg
  • Capital with sheep heads, atop pairs of 8-sided columns in the colonnade of the Cloister, built in late Romanesque style by Mihoje Brajkov of Bar in 1360, at the Franciscan monastery on Stradun or Placa, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_DUBROVNIK_MC105.jpg
  • Mural, with an angel appearing to Mary and Jesus, on the wall of the Cloister, built in late Romanesque style by Mihoje Brajkov of Bar in 1360, in the Franciscan monastery on Stradun or Placa, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_DUBROVNIK_MC104.jpg
  • Mural, with an angel appearing to Mary and Jesus, on the wall of the Cloister, built in late Romanesque style by Mihoje Brajkov of Bar in 1360, in the Franciscan monastery on Stradun or Placa, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_DUBROVNIK_MC101.jpg
  • Capitals with human heads and floral motifs, atop pairs of 8-sided columns in the colonnade of the Cloister, built in late Romanesque style by Mihoje Brajkov of Bar in 1360, at the Franciscan monastery on Stradun or Placa, Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC15_DUBROVNIK_MC099.jpg
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