Niko’s travelogue

Stradun in the evening

Stradun in the evening

Tourists strolling down the main city square, called Stradun just before sunset.

Remnants of war

Remnants of war

Bullet holes inside the Imperial fortress on Srdj mountain, above the city of Dubrovnik, Croatia.

This old fortress used to be a tourist attraction before the civil war, but in 1991 it was the front line that saw bitter fighting and guarded Dubrovnik from the North.

View of old town Dubrovnik

View of old town Dubrovnik

Croatian city of Dubrovnik endured months of blockade during the civil war that engulfed this small European nation in the 1990s.

Since the end of the war, city has gone through a period of rejuvenation and has become one of the top European tourist destinations.

Photo was captured from the old Imperial fortress high on top of Srd Hill, built during the Napoleonic invasion of the Dalmatian coast.