Archeological Museum
Angular sea fortress turned refuge for a city's treasury, now filled with ancient artifacts.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Archeological Museum in Dubrovnik opens on Holy Wednesday, April 1667, when Revelin's bells were still ringing across the city moments before the ground began to shake. It follows the earthquake that flattened the Rector's Palace and cathedral within a minute, and the fortress that barely felt the tremor while fires burned for weeks outside its walls. Survivors later described what villagers did in the ruins once half the nobility was gone and barely a government remained to stop them.
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