Places I have been
4 - The Stradun (or Placa) the main street of the old city
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This is a view from the walls on a Sunday morning. This beautiful street, called the Stradun or Placa, is full of citizens promenading in their best clothes or on their way to church.
The Stradun is paved by rectangular blocks of crystalline limestone, which have become polished by centuries of wear and seem to have acquired a translucent sheen.
No doubt, in season, (this was early spring) it will be crowded with tourists rather than natives, but it was nice to see that, beautiful though Old Dubrovnik is, it is not merely a tourist spectacle, but a genuine working town and home to people with other occupations.
