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10 FACTOIDS ABOUT DUBROVNIK
1. Name: Ragusa was the official orphanage in the world, which opened
name of Dubrovnik until 1808. its doors to take in children in 1432.
2. Recognition of the USA: The Repub‐ 7. Sewer System: Dubrovnik has a me‐
lic of Dubrovnik was the world’s first dieval sewer system dating from 1296
state to recognize the United States of which is still in use today.
America in 1776. 8. Agatha Christie: Agatha Christie
3. City Walls: The city walls of spent her second honeymoon in
Dubrovnik have never been breached. Dubrovnik.
4. Pharmacy: Dubrovnik is home to 9. Secret Shipbuilding Code: The city
the world’s third oldest pharmacy that boasts a really intriguing ‘secret ship‐
is still in operation1. building code’.
5. Banishment of Slavery: Dubrovnik 10. Dalmatian Dogs: Dubrovnik is situ‐
was the first ‘country’ (being a Repub‐ ated in Southern Croatia on the Adri‐
lic at the time), to banish slavery in atic Coast, in a region of Croatia
1416. known as Dalmatia, where Dalmatian
6. Orphanage: Dubrovnik had the first dogs are from.
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