The walls were built between the 13th and 15th centuries, when Ragusa - as the town was known then - was the only independent city-state on the Adriatic when Venice and the Ottomans ruled West and East.
Zidurie au fost construite intre secolele al 13-lea si al 15-lea, cand Ragusa - numele Dubrovnik-ului din acea perioada - era singurul stat-cetate independenta de pe tarmul Adriaticii, in vreme ce Venetia si Imperiul Otoman stapaneau teritorii de la vest si est.