Luza Square
Stone knight whose carved forearm once fixed the exact legal length of a merchant's cloth measure.
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This guide to Luza Square in Dubrovnik centers on the stone knight Orlando, raised in 1418 by sculptors Antun Dubrovčanin and Bonino di Milano, whose carved forearm once set the legal length of a merchant's cloth measure in the Republic of Ragusa. It follows Orlando's other duties as the republic's flagpole and punishment post, and traces the square's bell tower through earthquakes and its 1928 rebuild, along with the bronze Zelenci who still strike the hour. Look for the scored line at the statue's base marking the old Ragusan cubit.
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