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.
Muret u ndërtuan ndërmjet shekujve të 13-të dhe 15-të, kur Raguza, siç njihej atëherë qyteti, ishte qytet-shteti i vetëm i pavarur në Adriatik, ndërsa Venecia dhe Otomanët sundonin Perëndimin dhe Lindjen.