DUBROVNIK NA DLANU
The Dubrovnik na dlanu project is implemented by the UP2DATE Center in partnership with the Special
Friend Association from Dubrovnik with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture and Media of the
Republic of Croatia.
The aim of the project is to adapt the sights of Croatian cultural heritage to the visually impaired to gain
additional knowledge and to understand different building styles, different historical periods, different
influences, to be included in the cultural life of the community, to have equal opportunities, etc.
Project leader: Gordana Glibo
Project duration: from July 2021 to July 2022
Total project value: HRK 100,000.00
For the first time in Dubrovnik, an adapted city tour was held for 30 visually impaired people from all over Croatia through the project Dubrovnik na dlanu. Project is implemented by the UP2DATE Center in
partnership with the pecial Friend Association from Dubrovnik with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia.
partnership with the pecial Friend Association from Dubrovnik with the financial support of the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia.
The presentation of the project was held in the Dubrovnik City Hall, and the Deputy Mayor of the City of Dubrovnik, Mrs. Jelka Tepšić, spoke to the audience.
Visitors with impaired vision were extremely pleased with the presentation of the city’s cultural heritage and sights and commented that such an adaptation of the content is very necessary because in this way they can learn everything they do not see.
Through the project, 8 relief depictions of Dubrovnik sights (Cathedral, Sponza Palace, Rector’s Palace, etc.) were made, which remain permanently accessible to visitors with impaired vision, tactile
postcards with the coat of arms of the old Dubrovnik Republic were printed, and a tourist guide was educated, Ms. Sanja Čikato which presented to visitors and described everything they could not see.
