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NG Joins Istria, Croatia In The List Of Top Ten holiday Places For 2011.
National Geographic includes Istria, Croatia in the list of top ten vacation locations for 2011. National Geographic Traveler has advised Croatia's Istria area as one of the freshest spots for this years summer vacation.The article praises the cleanliness of Istria's beaches unknown to North American travellers more familiar with the Dalmatian coast and Dubrovnik as posted in emg.rs.
Are you curious about a superb holiday in Dubrovnik, Croatia? Besides monumental nature, nice beaches and great weather there are many attractions which ought to be seen .
Here are the top five attractions of Dubrovnik :
1. Big Fountain of Ononfrio
This Fountain was named after the Neapolitan architect Onofrio de la Cava who has built it in 1438-1444. Of all Dubrovniks numerous monuments, this is the most famed one. Visitors walking through the Pile gate will find the widely known square where the Huge Fountain of Ononfrio is located. It was initially designed by Onofrio de la Cava with two stories but the Enormous Fountain of Ononfrio lost its second story in the giant quake of 1667 when gigantic parts of Dubrovnik were seriously damaged. The Big Fountain of Ononfrio was a part of the citys water supply system which was also designed by Onofrio de la Cava to move water from the brook Dubrovacka.
2. Cathedral of the Sanctified Virgin Mary and Treasury
The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a beautiful Baroque building from the twelfth century. It was designed by Andrea Buffalini of rome. It is very interesting inside, it has 3 aisles and 3 apses and is gorgeous decorated by paintings of Italian and Dalmation artists from the 16-18th Centuries along with the Virgin chair. It is rumored that this was given by Raphael to the Cathedral of the Sanctified Virgin Mary in all its splendor. The Cathedral Treasury owns a couple of crucial relics of christianity. The most noted one is a small part of the cross Jesus has been crucified upon. Other very famous relics are the head, one leg and arm of St Blaise dated from the thirtheenth Century.
3. City Walls
The city walls of Dubrovniks old city are one of the finest known attractions. They were built in the 10th century and changed from the thirtheenth till the 14th centuries. Some pieces of the walls are 19ft thick, provided as a solid protection against invaders. The total length of the walls is 6390ft and they seem to be a great spot for an off-the-cuff walk. Amazing perspectives are offered from Dubrovniks town walls, over the Adriatic and some islands outwards and inwards over the center of the old city. Two towers and two forts are a part of the city walls, the Minceta and the Bokar towers, and the Lovrjenc and the Revelin Fort. The key entrance to the city walls is located on the left side of the Pile Gate. The admission is charged.
4. Dominican Monastry
The Dominican Monastery has a very interesting story relating to the construction. After the construction started in 1315 and the building and complicated started to take form the sheer scale of the complex necessitated the movement outwards of the city walls. The monastry was badly damaged in the quake of 1667, and it was reconstructed to its previous glory through the hard work of the town inhabitants. One of the architectural highlights of the Dominican Priory is a late Gothic cloister. Michelozzo di Bartolomeo of Florence designed the it in the 15th Century.
5. Franciscan Monastry
(The local name is : Franjevacki Samostan) Don't confuse it with the Dominican Monastery. The Franciscan Monastery owns one of the most valuable libraries in Croatia. There's another fascinating thing at the Franciscan Monastery: the Dispensary. Visitors can gain comprehension of the past by seeing decorated jars crammed with mysterious contents, miscellaneous measurement devices with alembics and mortars. The chemist has been used since this Monastery was built in 1317.
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