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National Geographic Joins Istria, Croatia In The List Of Top 10 Holiday Destinations For 2011.

National Geographic includes Istria, Croatia in the list of top ten holiday locations for 2011. National Geographic Traveler has recommended Croatia’s Istria area as one of the hottest spots for this years summer vacation.The article praises the cleanness of Istria’s beaches unknown to North American visitors more familiar with the Dalmatian coast and Dubrovnik as posted in emg.rs.

Are you curious about an amazing vacation in Dubrovnik, Croatia? Besides amazing nature, nice beaches and great weather there also are countless attractions which ought really to be seen .

Here are the top five attractions of Dubrovnik :

1. Big Fountain of Ononfrio
This Fountain was named after the Neapolitan designer Onofrio de la Cava who has built it in 1438-1444. Of all Dubrovniks numerous monuments, this is the most renowned one. Visitors walking through the Pile gate will find the well known square where the Huge Fountain of Ononfrio is found. It was originally designed by Onofrio de la Cava with 2 stories but the Enormous Fountain of Ononfrio lost its second story in the giant tremor of 1667 when huge parts of Dubrovnik were heavily damaged. The Big Fountain of Ononfrio was a part of the citys water supply system which was also designed by Onofrio de la Cava to move water from the brook Dubrovacka.

2. Cathedral of the Sanctified Virgin Mary and Treasury
The Cathedral of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a gorgeous Baroque building from the 12 th century. It was designed by Andrea Buffalini of Rome. It is interesting within, it has three aisles and three apses and is gorgeous decorated by paintings of Italian and Dalmation artists from the 16-18th Centuries with the Virgin Chair. It is rumored it was given by Raphael to the Cathedral of the Sanctified Virgin Mary in all its splendor. The Cathedral Treasury owns a few crucial relics of Christianity. The most famed one is a little part of the cross Jesus has been crucified upon. Other very famous relics are the head, one leg and arm of St Blaise dated from the 13th Century.

3. Town Walls
The town walls of Dubrovniks old town are one of the finest known attractions. They were built in the 10th century and modified from the thirtheenth till the 14th centuries. Some parts of the walls are 19ft thick, provided as a solid protection against attackers. The total length of the walls is 6390ft and they seem to be a great spot for an informal walk. Superb perspectives are offered from Dubrovniks town walls, over the Adriatic and some islands outwards and inwards over the centre of the old town. 2 towers and 2 forts are a part of the town walls, the Minceta and the Bokar towers, and the Lovrjenc and the Revelin Fort. The primary entrance to the town walls is located on the left side of the Pile Gate. The admission is charged.

4. Dominican Monastry
The Dominican Priory has a particularly interesting story in relation to the construction. After the construction started in 1315 and the building and complicated began to take form the sheer size of the complex needed the movement outwards of the town walls. The monastry was badly damaged in the quake of 1667, and that was reconstructed to its former glory through the difficult work of the town inhabitants. One of the architectural highlights of the Dominican Monastery is a late Gothic cloister. Michelozzo di Bartolomeo of Florence designed the it in the 15th Century.

5. Franciscan Monastry
(The local name is : Franjevacki Samostan) Do not confuse it with the Dominican Priory. The Franciscan Priory owns one of the most valuable libraries in Croatia. There’s another interesting thing at the Franciscan Priory: the Pharmacy. Visitors can gain understanding of the past by seeing decorated jars full of puzzling contents, varied measurement devices with alembics and mortars. The pharmacy has been in use since this Priory was built in 1317.
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