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.
Zidine su podignute između 13. i 15. veka, kada je Raguza - kako se tada grad zvao - bila jedina nezavisna država na Jadranu, u periodu kada su Mleci i Turci vladali Zapadom i Istokom.