Ever since the year 972, when people began to celebrate it, the festivity day of St Blaise,
Dubrovnik patron saint, has been a quite special festival, typical of Dubrovnik. A
series of church and secular concerts, exhibitions, book presentations and theatre
guest performances are dedicated to the patron saint of Dubrovnik, whose statues
look at us from the city walls and gates and whose caring hand guards Dubrovnik on his
palm