Dubrovnik’s Curiosities
Dubrovnik’s Curiosities
Easter eggs
The custom of coloring eggs is a tradition over 2,500 years old that has its roots in Mesopotamia. In the Dubrovnik area, we traditionally make decorations with beeswax.
The Festivity of St. Blaise
Every year, on February 3 Dubrovnik celebrates the most important festivity of all: the festivity of Saint Blaise. The opening is on the day before, on Candlemas. It starts with the ritual of peace, symbolized by two white doves released by a bishop.
Dubrovnik – what to do on a rainy day?
Somehow, most visitors imagine Dubrovnik as a place where the sun shines every day, and they get caught by surprise when it rains. What to do on a rainy day?
Swifts – Protected Indigenous Birds
The sky above Dubrovnik’s Old City is reminiscent of the world’s busiest airports. Hundreds of swifts fly over the roofs from all directions with their familiar twitter. They dart about, …
Do you like pigeons?
As a Dubrovnik Old City resident, the last I want to meet in the city are pigeons. Do you like them? Constantly circling the city, I experienced “good luck” countless times when I was hit by pigeon poop. Stinky, acidy, causing …
The Maskeron
Maskeron is a stone ornament that was very popular during the Renaissance period. It looks like a human-shaped facemask with grotesque animal details e.g. goat’s ears, and that is where the name comes from. In Italian, …
The Dubrovnik Cats
One of the first attractions tourists notice in the Old Town are the Dubrovnik cats. Sunbathing on the shop windows, lying on the steps, on guard at the house entrances, they are not disturbed by passers-by or …
Religions In The Cosmopolitan Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik has survived for centuries on the border of Roman Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity, and Islam. People from different European cities were regular visitors, bringing their …
Srđ Hill Above Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik spreads on the slopes of Srđ hill, 421 meters high. It is a karst hill with rare vegetation, mostly pines, and maquis. Named after the first saint patron of Dubrovnik, an ancient Christian martyr Saint Srđ …
Easter eggs
The custom of coloring eggs is a tradition over 2,500 years old that has its roots in Mesopotamia. In the Dubrovnik area, we traditionally make decorations with beeswax.
The Festivity of St. Blaise
Every year, on February 3 Dubrovnik celebrates the most important festivity of all: the festivity of Saint Blaise. The opening is on the day before, on Candlemas. It starts with the ritual of peace, symbolized by two white doves released by a bishop.
Dubrovnik – what to do on a rainy day?
Somehow, most visitors imagine Dubrovnik as a place where the sun shines every day, and they get caught by surprise when it rains. What to do on a rainy day?
Swifts – Protected Indigenous Birds
The sky above Dubrovnik’s Old City is reminiscent of the world’s busiest airports. Hundreds of swifts fly over the roofs from all directions with their familiar twitter. They dart about, …
Do you like pigeons?
As a Dubrovnik Old City resident, the last I want to meet in the city are pigeons. Do you like them? Constantly circling the city, I experienced “good luck” countless times when I was hit by pigeon poop. Stinky, acidy, causing …
The Maskeron
Maskeron is a stone ornament that was very popular during the Renaissance period. It looks like a human-shaped facemask with grotesque animal details e.g. goat’s ears, and that is where the name comes from. In Italian, …
The Dubrovnik Cats
One of the first attractions tourists notice in the Old Town are the Dubrovnik cats. Sunbathing on the shop windows, lying on the steps, on guard at the house entrances, they are not disturbed by passers-by or …
Religions In The Cosmopolitan Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik has survived for centuries on the border of Roman Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity, and Islam. People from different European cities were regular visitors, bringing their …
Srđ Hill Above Dubrovnik
Dubrovnik spreads on the slopes of Srđ hill, 421 meters high. It is a karst hill with rare vegetation, mostly pines, and maquis. Named after the first saint patron of Dubrovnik, an ancient Christian martyr Saint Srđ …
