You will find in almost every book guide on Dubrovnik the famous sentence of the Irish writer George Bernard Shaw: “those who seek paradise on Earth should come to Dubrovnik.”
The modern sculptor Ivan Meštrović worked in Dubrovnik. He was the student of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin, taught at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris and finally settled in the United States. The Bowman and the Spearman in Chicago is one of its greatest monuments.
Dubrovnik cradled Vlaho Bukovac, one of the most prominent modern painters in the East of Europe. He followed the French painter Alexandre Cabanel then the impressionism movement in France. His birthplace is now an art gallery and a main attraction of the village Cavtat, a pearl of Dubrovnik’s riviera.
In Kander and Ebb’s song “Ring Them Bells,” the protagonist, Shirley Devore, goes to Dubrovnik to look for a husband and meets her neighbor from New York.
The text-based video game Quarantine Circular is set aboard a ship off the coast of Dubrovnik, and a few references to the city are made throughout the course of the game.
The Dubrovniks were an Australian Independent rock band formed in 1987. Often regarded as a ‘Supergroup’ due to the band members having played in various established bands such as Hoodoo Gurus, Beasts of Bourbon, and The Scientists. The band chose their name due to two members of the band Roddy Radalj (guitar vocals) and Boris Sujdovik (bass) being born in Dubrovnik.
The HBO series Game of Thrones used Dubrovnik as a filming location, representing the cities of King’s Landing and Qarth.
Parts of Star Wars: The Last Jedi were filmed in Dubrovnik in March 2016, in which Dubrovnik was used as the setting for the casino city of Canto Bight.
Dubrovnik was one of the European sites used in the Bollywood movie Fan (2016), starring Shah Rukh Khan.
In early 2017, Robin Hood was filmed on locations in Dubrovnik.
The Old Town of Dubrovnik is depicted on the reverse of the Croatian 50 kuna banknote, issued in 1993 and 2002.
Many other artists got inspired by the magic city walls…
