Orlando's Column, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Statue of Orlando or Roland, legendary knight, who saved Dubrovnik from a 15 month Saracen siege in the 9th century, on Orlando's Column, Luza Square, at the end of Stradun or Placa, the main street in the Old Town, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Behind is the clock on the Bell Tower. The city developed as an important port in the 15th and 16th centuries and has had a multicultural history, allied to the Romans, Ostrogoths, Byzantines, Ancona, Hungary and the Ottomans. In 1979 the city was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13431766
Media ID
45108317
Size
3875px x 3866px
(2.4MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
