THE BEST Sights and Attractions in Dubrovnik

🏛️ Sights and Attractions in Dubrovnik

• Rector's Palace — The Rector's Palace is a palace in the city of Dubrovnik that used to serve as the seat of the Rector of the Republic of Ragusa between the 14th century and 1808. It was also the seat of the Minor Council and the state administration. Furthermore, it housed an armoury, the powder magazine, the watch house and a prison.
• Dubrovnik Cathedral — The Dubrovnik Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Dubrovnik, Croatia. It is the seat of the Diocese of Dubrovnik. Built in the Baroque style during the early eighteenth century on the site of earlier churches destroyed in the devastating earthquake of 1667, the cathedral is one of the city’s most important religious and architectural landmarks.
• Sponza Palace — The Sponza Palace, also called Divona, is a 16th-century palace in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Its name is derived from the Latin word "spongia", the spot where rainwater was collected.
• Onofrio's Fountain — Onofrio's Large Fountain is a 1438 circular fountain at the entrance to Dubrovnik's Old Town via the Pile Gate, with 16 carved stone masks spouting water, built by the Neapolitan architect Onofrio della Cava.
• Franciscan Monastery — The Franciscan Monastery in Dubrovnik's Old Town has a 14th-century cloister, a pharmacy that has been operating since 1317 (one of the oldest in Europe), and a museum with relics, liturgical vessels, and a library of rare books.
• Lokrum Island — Lokrum is an uninhabited island a 15-minute ferry from Dubrovnik's Old Town, with a botanical garden, a Benedictine monastery, a saltwater lake (the Dead Sea of Lokrum), and rocky swimming spots, popular for day trips.
• Srd Hill — Srd (Srdj) is a 412m hill above Dubrovnik with a cable car to the summit, offering panoramic views of the Old Town, the Adriatic, and the Elaphiti Islands. The Imperial Fort at the top was used in the 1991 siege of Dubrovnik.
• Maritime Museum — A museum inside St John’s Fortress displaying Dubrovnik’s seafaring history, model ships, and navigational instruments.
• Dominican Monastery — The Dominican Monastery in Dubrovnik's Old Town is a 14th-century Gothic-Renaissance complex with a cloister, a bell tower, and a museum with paintings by Titian and the Dubrovnik School, near the Ploce Gate.
• Orlando's Column — Orlando's Column in Dubrovnik's Luza Square is a 1418 Gothic stone column with a statue of the medieval knight Roland (Orlando), who according to legend helped defend Dubrovnik. The column's forearm was the standard measure of length (51.2cm) in the Republic of Ragusa.
• Dubrovnik Synagogue — The Dubrovnik Synagogue, commonly called the Old Synagogue, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, located in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The synagogue is the oldest Sefardic synagogue in use in the world and the second oldest synagogue in Europe. It is said to have been established in 1352, but gained legal status in the city in 1408. Owned by the local Jewish community, the main floor functions as a place of worship for the High Holy Days and special occasions, and is now mainly a Jewish museum which hosts numerous ritual items and centuries-old artefacts.
• Viktor Dyk — was a nationalist Czech poet, prose writer, playwright, politician and political writer. He was sent to jail during the First World War for opposing the Austro-Hungarian empire. He was one of the signatories of the Manifesto of Czech writers. Dyk co-founded a political