Four and a half centuries under Libertas.
Ragusa bought its freedom with diplomacy and kept it behind these walls — a merchant republic that rivalled Venice and never fell to a siege.
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1358
A republic is born
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6 Apr 1667
The great earthquake
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31 Jan 1808
The flag comes down
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1979
UNESCO listing
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1991–95
Siege, then restoration