Here we look southwest from the Pile Gate towards the Bokar fort as these thick walls hover over their moat (now a garden.) The land walls are typically 12-19 feet thick -- and strong enough to survive the 1667 earthquake that devastated most of Dubrovnik. At center we see a square tower -- 1 of 15 built during the 14th century. The lower portion is the scarp wall. These walls held even during the 2 month onslaught of the modern Yugoslav army in 1991. Supposedly artillery had made castle walls meaningless long ago -- but Dubrovnik stayed impregnable as it has since these walls were built.
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