CELENGA APARTMENTS - Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik

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Svetog Josipa 13, Dubrovnik, Croatia

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THE CELENGA APARTMENTS ARE A PERFECT UNION OF THE PASTWITH THE PRESENT. SENSITIVE RESTORATION SEAMLESSLYBLENDS WITH IMAGINATIVE CONTEMPORARY DESIGN TO ENSURETHE BUILDING RETAINS ITS UNIQUE CHARACTER. RESIDINGWITHIN THE DUBROVNIK CITY WALLS PRESENTS A UNIQUEEXPERIENCE WHICH EVERY GLOBETROTTER HAS ON HIS TO DOLIST..IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS EXPERIENCE MEMORABLE WEHAVE DEDICATED OURSELVES TO DESIGNING MODERN ANDCOMFORT ACCOMMODATION WITH A HISTORIC AND EDUCATIVETOUCH. WHETHER YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AN OVERNIGHT STAY..SHORT BREAK.. OR ANNUAL FAMILY HOLIDAY.. THE CELENGAAPARTMENTS WILL ENABLE YOU TO RECHARGE YOURBATTERIES.. AND NOURISH YOUR BODY AND SOUL. THECELENGA APARTMENTS WERE ONCE ON THE CITY BOUNDARIESAND THE IMPRESSIVE MASSIVE ARCH NEXT TO OUR BUILDINGUSED TO BE THE CITY ENTRANCE. IN FACT THE STREET WASMENTIONED IN THE FIFTH EDITION OF THE STATUTE OFDUBROVNIK IN 1272. OVER MANY YEARS RAGUSA.. ASDUBROVNIK WAS ONCE KNOWN.. EXPANDED AND BECAME WHAT WEKNOW TODAY. CELENGA BUILDING AND THE SURROUNDINGHOUSES USED TO BE VALUABLE AND POPULAR DUE TO THEWATER TANKS SITUATED BELOW THE HOUSE. EVERYONE USED TOCOME THERE TO FILL A FEW BUCKETS OF WATER FOR THEIRDAILY USE. IN FACT THE NAME CELENGA ORIGINATES FROMTHE ANCIENT GREEK WORD KELON WHICH LITERALLYTRANSLATED MEANS THE CONSTRUCTION FOR RETRIEVING WATERFROM WELLS. CELENGA HOUSE ITSELF REPRESENTS A FINEEXAMPLE OF DUBROVNIK ARCHITECTURE OF MIDDLE CLASSDUBROVNIK MERCHANTS AND SAILORS.WHEN THE BUILDING WAS FULLY REFURBISHED SPECIALATTENTION WAS PAID TO DETAIL AND ALL THE EXISTINGSTRUCTURES WERE PRESERVED.. SUCH AS THE STONESHELVES.. WATER TANK TYPICAL WOODEN ARCHES AND THESTONE CAPITAL OR THE FIRST FLOOR LOUNGE CALLED SALOCAWHICH WAS USED AS A CENTRAL MEETING POINT IN EVERYLARGER DUBROVNIK HOUSE.OFFERING PERIOD CHARACTER WITH A CONTEMPORARY TWIST..EACH OF THE APARTMENTS ARE INDIVIDUALLY DESIGNED ANDFURNISHED. FURTHERMORE.. WE HAVE NAMED OUR APARTMENTSAFTER THE MAIN DUBROVNIK FORTRESSES.. WHICH HA