Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik (Template:IPA-sh) (Italian: Ragusa), is a Croatian ceety on the Adriatic Sea coast positioned at the terminal end o the Isthmus o Dubrovnik. It is ane o the maist prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport an the center o Dubrovnik-Neretva coonty. Its population wis 43,770 in 2001,^[1] down from 49,728 in 1991.^[2] In 1979, the ceety o Dubrovnik joined the UNESCO leet o Warld Heritage Sites.

The prosperity o the ceety o Dubrovnik haes aaways been based on maritime trade. In the Middle Ages, as the Republic o Ragusa, an aa kent as Maritime Republic (thegither wi Amalfi, Pisa, Genoa, Venice an ither ceeties), it became the anerlie eastren Adriatic ceety-state taa rival Venice. Supportit bi its wealth an skilled diplomacy, the ceety achieved a remarkable level o development, particularly durin the 15t an 16t centuries. Although demilitarised in the 1970s wi the intent o foriver protectin it frae war devastation, in 1991, efter the breakup o Yugoslavie, it wis besieged bi Serb-Montenegrin forces for 7 months an hivily damaged bi shellin.

Table o contents

1 Name
2 Internaitional relations
- 2.1 Twin touns - sister ceeties
3 References

[edit] Name

In Croatian, the ceety is kent as Dubrovnik; in Italian as Ragusa, an its historical name in Greek is Raiyia (Ραυγια) or Ragousa (Ραγουσα).

The current Croatian name wis offeecially adoptit in 1918 efter the fall o Austrick–Hungary. It is an aa referred tae as Dubrovnik in the first offeecial document o the treaty wi the Bosnian Ban Kulin.