Saint John, Dubrovnik

Fort of Saint John - Fort -Baszta in the eastern corner of the city walls of Dubrovnik. Consisting of a fort on a semicircle connected to a tower on a set of an irregular quadrangle. He stands on a bin closing from the south with the bay of the Old Port, opposite the Revelin Fort. Its function was the defense of the port.

On the promontory, which was one of the quays from the port, originally a small fort on the set of a quadrangle, first called the Gundulic Fort, and then the fort of Saint John, from St. John. Between this fort and the tower of Saint Luke on the opposite side of the port a block blocking was stretched. In 1346 in the vicinity of Fort Gundulic, a tower called "on the quay", adjacent to the port gate was erected along the city walls. At the beginning of the 15th century, a low semi -circular bastion was arranged before the Gundulic Fort. In the years 1500-1552 a new, great fort was erected on the promontory, including a completely former fort and bastion. In the years 1552-1557, the new fort was combined with the tower "on the waterfront", also extensive. The new building housed a gunpowder magazine.

Currently the fort of St. Jan houses the Maritime Museum, Oceanarium and the Sea and Coast Institute. Theater performances take place on the terrace.