IMG_5937 - From the Minčeta Tower along the north-west wall to Fort Bokar.
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IMG_5945 - These especially high views are from the Minčeta Tower.
IMG_5946 - The main entrance into old Dubrovnik, the Pile (pee-lay) Gate.
IMG_5948 - Up to the top of the wall. On our previous, guided tour, we concentrated on the main, central area of the town.
IMG_5949 - The modern city to the north of the walls climbs up Mt Srđ.
IMG_5951 - Bright red tiles are replacements from Toulouse, France. Greyer ones survived the 1990's war bombing.
IMG_5953 - The domed top of Onofrio's big fountain. It is gravity fed via an 11.7 km aqueduct, built in 1438, from near Šumet.
IMG_5954 - The Pile Gate from inside and atop the wall. It would have been easily defended.
IMG_5956 - This is the convenient area for services and buses, just outside the main, Pile Gate, entrance.
IMG_5957 - Fort Lovrijenac is the main westward defense of Dubrovnik, first built to stop the Venetians in the 11th century.
IMG_5959 - 3-part city panorama from west to east: first, left to St Ignatius Church and on to the dome of Dubrovnik Cathedral.