Island Lokrum

The small island in front of Dubrovnik. It takes only 10-15 minutes to reach it by boat. The area of the island is 0.8 sq. kilometers and there is brackish lake called Mrtvo More (the Dead Sea). The north-eastern coast is low and boats can be put to that shore, while the south-eastern coast is steep and rock-bound. Lokrum is famous excursion site. The name of the island probably cam from the Latin word acrumen (meaning 'sour fruit'). In 1023, the citizens of Dubrovnik built there a Benedictine monastery with a church. In 1191, the English king Richared the Lion Heart landed on the island when his ship was caught in a storm on his return from the crusades. In 1859, this small island was bought by the archduke Maximilian Habsburg who built a castle in the shape of the tower on the remains of the destoyed part of the monastery. Around the monastery he arranged a park with exotic plants.
After he was killed (in Mexico, in 1867), the castle has been changing its owners. Among them was also the Austrian apparent heir to the throne Rudolf.
Today, the Biological Institute of HAZU (Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts), the Museum of Natural History, and the Memorial Museum of Ruđer Bošković are located on this protected island. 

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