(Gundulic Square)

The square behind the cathedral, Gundulićeva poljana, is the site of the city's morning fruit and vegetable market. In the middle stands Ivan Rendic's statue of Ivan Gundulić (1589 - 1638), the poet whose curly locks adorn one side of the 50Kn banknote. Gundulić's epic poem Osman, celebrating the victories of the Poles over the Turks, revealed a typical Ragusan paradox: despite growing rich through trade with the Ottoman state, the locals always sympathized with the empire's enemies, especially if they were Slavs.

excerpt from
The Rough Guide to Croatia

28 August - 04 September 2004

	Ivan Gundulić statue
	No sitting mom, move! move! M-O-V-E!
	bustling dinnertime

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