Dubbed "Dubrovnik's Gibraltar" for its location on a rocky promontory just outside the city's western wall, Fort Lovrijenac—also known as St. Lawrence Fortress—has long been one of Croatia's most important fortresses.
Rising an impressive 37 meters above the Adriatic, this stunning fortification proved impregnable during the many sieges undertaken by the Venetians from its completion in the 11th century onwards.
Legend, in fact, has it that the Venetians themselves planned to build a fort here but were beaten to it by industrious city folk.
