In late 2007 I got the chance to travel to the city of Dubrovnik on Croatia's Adriatic coast (Dalmatia).

As usual, clicking a picture makes it bigger.

Dubrovnik is surrounded by massive medieval fortifications, and is nestled between sheer mountains and the Adriatic. Variously a maritime republic and a Venetian possession, it developed many modern institutions in the middle ages. The nearby island of Lokrum is reputedly cursed, and Richard The Lionheart is said to have been shipwrecked there.
The major monuments are strewn along the main street, called Stradun. Two classical churches dominate - the Cathedral and the church of St. Blaise.
The small town of Cavtat ("savtat") is the most southern town in Croatia. It was founded by the Greeks as Epidaurum.