The stairs in today"s photo lead to Fort Lovrijenac, an 11th-century fortress jutting out into the Adriatic Sea just outside the western wall of Dubrovnik, Croatia. "Game of Thrones" fans will recognize these doors as entrances to a dwelling in the fictional city of King"s Landing. Legend claims that when the fort was built on this rocky coastal outpost, it took just three months to construct. The locals of what was then Ragusa knew they had limited time before their rivals, the Venetians, would arrive to build their own outpost and rule over them. According to "The Chronicles of Ragusa," the plan worked—the fort was completed just as the surprised Venetians arrived in ships heavy with supplies.
At the foot of Dubrovnik s Gibraltar
Today in History
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Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles, Bavaria, Germany
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It’s World Migratory Bird Day
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From garden to table?
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Visiting a Maratha fortress
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International Day of Peace
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What a twist
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Wedded Rocks, Japan
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Defying gravity on a swing ride
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Santo Antão Island in the Republic of Cabo Verde
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Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire, England
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National Aviation Day
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Joan charges Riverside Park
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We did not invent this, honest
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Fresh water on the Silk Road
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It s tree-climbing season
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A long path to freedom
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Sand, sun, and sk8ers
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Grand Canyon National Park turns 105
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Blue paradise on the Costa Brava
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Happy New Year! (Again!)
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The Kelpies statues in Falkirk, Scotland
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Float on
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A hit ballet, long after its debut
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Red fox
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Great hornbill, Thailand
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Congratulations, 2019 Nobel Prize laureates!
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Beech trees and wild anemones, Jutland, Denmark
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A species worth defending
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Chapel of St. Michel on Lake Serre-Ponçon, Hautes-Alpes, France
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When in Rome...celebrate Saturnalia