Dubrovnik (Italian: Ragusa) is a coastal city in Croatia located in the extreme south of Dalmatia, on the edge of the isthmus of the same nome.3 is one of the busiest tourist destinations in the Adriatic, a seaport and the most important city in the county Dubrovnik-Neretva. In 2001 the city population was 43,770 inhabitants, of which 30,436 in the city, most of them of Croatian origin (88.39%), with 26.3% still of Serbian origin and 17.3% of bósnios.1 4

For its natural and urban beauty, and what is for history, Dubrovnik is known as the "Pearl of the Adriatic" and "Slav Athens" because of its ancient inhabitants to distinguish as only a region where prevailing barbarism and it had proliferated great figures of the humanities and the arts. Capital of Dubrovnik-Neretva county, Dubrovnik is a city surrounded by walls and fortifications, at the foot of Mount St. Sergius, which falls sheer to the Mediterranean.5 waters Since 1979, the walled enclosure is classified as World Heritage by UNESCO . The imposing and well preserved walls, medieval architecture, Renaissance and Baroque, the scenery of the Adriatic, cafes and restaurants make Dubrovnik a unique tourist destination. The old town is bisected by the Board or Stradun, the promenade with cafes and restaurants, as well as many monuments and historic buildings.

The prosperity of the city has always been based on maritime trade. In the Middle Ages was the capital of the Republic of Ragusa, the only city-state on the eastern Adriatic to rival Venice, reaching its apogee in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. In 1991 he was surrounded by and bombarded by military forces of Serbia and Montenegro following the fragmentation of Yugoslavia, which caused extensive damage.