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The
annual Dubrovnik Summer Festival is
a two month-long cultural event with
live plays, concerts, and games. It
has been awarded a Gold
International Trophy for Quality
(2007) by the Editorial Office in
collaboration with the Trade Leaders
Club.Every year the city of
Dubrovnik celebrates the holiday
with Mass, parades, and festivities
that last for several days.
Among the many tourist destinations
are a few beaches. Banje,
Dubrovnik's main public beach, is
home to the Eastwest Beach Club.
There is also Copacabana Beach, a
small stony beach part of the
Elaphiti Islands, named after the
popular beach in Rio de Janeiro. The
patron saint of the city is Sveti
Vlaho (Saint Blaise), whose statues
are seen around the city. He has an
importance similar to that of St.
Mark the Evangelist to Venice. One
of the larger churches in city is
named after Saint Blaise. The city
boasts of many old buildings, such
as the Arboretum Trsteno, the oldest
arboretum in the world, dating back
to before 1492. Also, the third
oldest European pharmacy is located
in the city, which dates back to
1317 (and is the only one still in
operation today). It is located at
Little Brothers church in Dubrovnik.
In
history, many Conversos (Marranos)
were attracted to Dubrovnik,
formerly a considerable seaport. In
May, 1544, a ship landed there
filled exclusively with Portuguese
refugees, as Balthasar de Faria
reported to King John. Another
admirer of Dubrovnik, George Bernard
Shaw, visited the city in 1929 and
said: "If you want to see heaven on
earth, come to Dubrovnik."
In the
bay of Dubrovnik is the 72-hectare
wooded island of Lokrum, where
according to legend, Richard the
Lionheart was cast ashore after
being shipwrecked in 1192. The
island includes a fortress,
botanical garden, monastery and
naturist beach.
Dubrovnik has also been mentioned in
popular film and theater. In the
film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
with Michael Caine, one of the
characters said to have been
dreaming of fairy from Dubrovnik
(motive known from local legends and
literature).
Ivan
Gundulić, a 17th century Croatian
writer, predicted the downfall of
the great Turkish Empire in his poem
Osman.
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