Stonemasons of Old Dubrovnik

The sixteen-sided stone basin at the Pile Gate served as the main water source for Dubrovnik after Onofrio della Cava completed the aqueduct system in fourteen forty-four. Carved stone masks, or mascarons, sit above each side, and water…

The Church of Saint Salvation sits near the Pile Gate with a distinct Renaissance facade topped by a curved gable. After a massive earthquake devastated Dubrovnik in fifteen twenty, the local senate commissioned this building as a votive…

The Franciscan Monastery in Dubrovnik is recognizable by the intricate, Romanesque portal carved into its stone facade. The brothers moved their base inside the city walls in thirteen seventeen because they feared the military…

Prijeko Street runs parallel to the main thoroughfare of the Old City, defined by its narrow, steep stone staircases that climb toward the northern walls. It began as a residential district for the common people when the city expanded in…

Zamanjina ulica is a narrow, steep stone staircase climbing the hillside in the Pile neighborhood of Dubrovnik. While the grander streets of the old city hold the palaces and squares, this alleyway represents the way locals lived away from…

Kovacka Ulica sits in the heart of the Old Town, identifiable by the narrow, steep stone steps rising sharply between high-walled houses. This street served as the medieval metalworking hub of Dubrovnik. Blacksmiths hammered iron and…

The Chapel of Saint Luke in Ploče sits right on the edge of the water, identified by its simple stone facade and the small, weathered bell gable perched above the entrance. Built in the sixteenth century, this structure served as a…

The Ethnographic Museum Rupe sits inside a sixteenth-century stone granary, recognizable by the series of deep, cylindrical wells carved directly into the bedrock. Dubrovnik’s Senate commissioned these stone pits to store the city’s grain…