The city even survived a massive earthquake in 1667 that wrecked havoc upon the old town. The Republic of Dubrovnik acted independently until 1808, when Napoleon’s army occupied the city. Dubrovnik is ...

Although severely damaged by an earthquake in 1667, Dubrovnik managed to preserve its beautiful Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque churches, monasteries, palaces and fountains. Damaged again in the 1990s ...

Dubrovnik Cathedral ... before a Romanesque church replaced it in the 12th century. Then, the 1667 earthquake wrecked the structure. The final incarnation assumed the Baroque fashion soon after.

On the 13th of August last, and the three successive days, fearful earthquakes occurred on the coast of Peru and in the interior of Ecuador, extending from Ibarra, a town of Ecuador, fifty miles ...

The imposing Romanesque Dubrovnik Cathedral of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary was built in the 17th century. It replaced ...

Earthquakes can be a real bitch. These seismic catastrophes are the most deadly of all natural disasters, claiming an average of 60,000 lives per year. But if you manage to hunker down in the ...

Seismologists study earthquakes by looking at the damage that was caused and by using seismometers. A seismometer is an instrument that records the shaking of the Earth's surface caused by seismic ...

For a more detailed view of port activity, visit the Dubrovnik Port Authority website. Key Events: This short shoulder is an overlooked opportunity. In Dubrovnik, these two months offer daytime ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Friday's 4.8 magnitude earthquake in northern New Jersey is the strongest centered in the Garden State in centuries. Not since what is believed to have been a 5.3 magnitude ...

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