St John’s fortress is located at the far southeast part of the city harbour. It was named after the church of St. John, which was located along the
Dubrovnik is the most important historical port of the eastern Adriatic. Its geographical position in the open sea of the southern Adriatic Sea and
Dubrovnik's maritime routes continued along continental routes. Without the deep inland territories of the Balkans, the maritime trade routes would
The carrack was a merchant vessel, and the largest cargo sailing ship in the 15th and 16th centuries. The carracks were armed with forty cannons to
The Ponta Gate (Vrata od Ponte) was the city gate through which one entered the southern part of the city harbor. Throughout history, it has been
The Naval loggia (Mornarska luža) was located next to the Ponta dock (gat Ponta), south of today’s fish market. According to archival sources, it
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