Lovrijenac
Fort Lovrijenac or St. Lawrence Fortress, Italian Fortezza di San Lorenzo, often called "Dubrovnik's Gibraltar", is a fortress and theater outside the western wall of the city of Dubrovnik in Croatia, 37 metres above sea level.Photo: Pufacz, Public domain.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: fortress and theater in Dubrovnik, Croatia
- Also known as: “Fort Lovrijenac”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Onofrio fountain and Pile Gate.
Onofrio fountain
Fountain
Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.
Onofrio fountain is situated 260 metres east of Lovrijenac.
Pile Gate
City gate
Photo: Bracodbk, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pile Gate is a city gate, which is situated 230 metres northeast of Lovrijenac.
St Francis Church
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old city (Dubrovnik) and Ploče iza Grada.
Dubrovnik
Photo: Bengt Nyman, CC BY 2.0.
Dubrovnik is historic walled city on the Adriatic Sea coast in the extreme south of Croatia. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations of the Mediterranean, a seaport and the centre of the Dubrovnik-Neretva County.
Lovrijenac
- Categories: fortress, building, tourism, historic site, and fort
- Location: Croatia, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.64076° or 42° 38′ 27″ northLongitude
18.1043° or 18° 6′ 16″ eastElevation
9 metres (30 feet)Open location code
8FJWJ4R3+8POpenStreetMap ID
way 165354386OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedGeoNames ID
12036346Wikidata ID
Q3396134
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Lovrijenac” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Lovrijenac”
- Catalan: “Lovrijenac”
- Chinese: “罗维里耶纳克要塞”
- Croatian: “Lovrijenac”
- Croatian: “Lovrjenac”
- Czech: “Pevnost Lovrijenac”
- French: “Lovrijenac”
- German: “Festung Lovrijenac”
- German: “Lovrijenac”
- Greek: “Λοβριγένατς”
- Greek: “Λοβριένατς”
- Indonesian: “Lovrijenac”
- Italian: “Forte San Lorenzo”
- Korean: “로브리예나츠 요새”
- Latvian: “Lovrijenacas pils”
- Macedonian: “Тврдина Ловриенац”
- Persian: “لوریهناتس”
- Persian: “لووریجناک”
- Polish: “Lovrijenac”
- Serbian: “Ловријенац”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lovrijenac”
- Slovenian: “Lovrijenac”
- Slovenian: “trdnjava Lovrijenac”
- Slovenian: “Trdnjava Lovrijenac”
- Spanish: “Lovrijenac”
- Swedish: “Lovrijenac”
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