Old Town Dubrovnik Croatia The Adriatic port of Dubrovnik was founded by Roman refugees in the th century and came under Byzantine rule after the fall of the Roman Empire The city developed into a trading power and was an important centre of Slavic art and literature in the thth century From the th century Dubrovnik was an independent city state but it fell to Napoleon in after which the city passed to Austrian administration in and Yugoslavian in Dubrovnik was bombarded by the Serbs during Croatias struggle for independence in
