Old Town Walls through time

Dubrovnik 1920–2025 11 photos of this spot

11 photographs taken at the same spot in Dubrovnik, spanning 1920–2025 — 4 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

The Rector's Palace in Dubrovnik is pictured in this 1920 photograph. Built in Gothic-Renaissance style, the palace served as the seat of government for the former Republic of Ragusa before the city's incorporation into Yugoslavia after the First World War.

EU: Dubrovnik - In front of the Rector's Palace (1920) 1920 The Rector's Palace in Dubrovnik is pictured in this 1920 photograph. Built in Gothic-Renaissance style, the palace served as the seat of government for the former Republic of Ragusa before the city's incorporation into Yugoslavia after the First World War.

EU: Dubrovnik - Rector's Palace (1922) 1922 The Rector's Palace in Dubrovnik, Croatia, the Gothic-Renaissance building that once housed the seat of the Republic of Ragusa's government, is shown in this 1922 photograph.

EU: Dubrovnik - Cathedral (1926) 1926 This 1925 photograph shows Dubrovnik's cathedral in Croatia.

EU: Dubrovnik - Rector's Palace (1930) 1930 The Rector's Palace in Dubrovnik, seat of government for the Republic of Ragusa, the independent maritime republic that governed the city until the early 19th century, pictured in 1930.

Old Town Walls 2009 Dubrovnik's fortified walls, seen here in 2009, stretch nearly two kilometers around the Old Town and reach up to 25 meters in height in places, making them among the best-preserved defensive systems in Europe.

Dubrovnik harbour 2010 Dubrovnik's old harbor, photographed in 2010; small boats have sheltered here beneath the city walls for centuries, with the fortifications reaching down to the water's edge.

View from the walls and across the harbor to fort Revelin 2011 Looking from Dubrovnik's city walls across the harbor toward Fort Revelin in this 2011 photograph. The fortress was built in the 16th century to guard the entrance to the city's old port.

Dubrovnik 2015 A steep stone staircase climbs a narrow alley between rubble-stone walls in Dubrovnik's Old Town, overhung by palm fronds and trailing vines. Shuttered windows and a wrought balcony line the passage, illustrating the dense, terraced layout of the walled city in 2015.

Rector's Palace 2016 The Rector's Palace in Dubrovnik, photographed in 2016. Built in Gothic-Renaissance style, it served as the seat of government for the Republic of Ragusa and now houses the city's cultural history museum.

Dubrovnik Knežev dvor Stairs 2025 The Rector's Palace, or Knežev dvor, was the seat of government in the former Republic of Ragusa; its staircase leads into a Gothic-Renaissance building that now houses part of Dubrovnik's cultural history museum.

Dubrovnik - Old harbour 2 2025 Dubrovnik's old harbour sits just inside the city walls near the Old Town, sheltered by the Revelin fortress and long used by the maritime republic's fishing and trading vessels.