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Postcard 1908 Dubrovnik Ragusa Franciscan Monastery Cloister Croatia
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Pre-linen · 1908

Postcard 1908 Dubrovnik Ragusa Franciscan Monastery Cloister Croatia

Dubrovnik, Croatia1908Pre-linenGood

Slender stone columns frame a sun-dappled cloister garden in this evocative pre-linen view of the Franciscan Monastery (Samostan Male Braće) in Dubrovnik — then still known to its Austro-Hungarian administrators as Ragusa. The Romanesque-Gothic arcade, built in the 14th century, shelters one of the oldest pharmacies in Europe, and the lush courtyard palms visible between the arches give the scene an almost tropical serenity. A circular vignette inset at the top reveals the monastery's bell tower. Printed for the Austro-Hungarian postal market with trilingual labeling in Croatian, German, and Italian, this unused card bears the publisher's code 1787–1908, dating production to 1908.

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