Fort Revelin

This guide to Fort Revelin in Dubrovnik traces a toll: for decades, every traveler entering the city had to hand over a stone before passing, building this fortress against the feared Ottoman threat. It follows Italian engineer Antonio Ferramolino, hired to finish work begun in 1463, and the fort's test by the 1667 earthquake, when it barely trembled while the old town collapsed around it. Today the same ramparts hold a bistro and a nightclub, feeding a different kind of appetite.