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.
Duvarlar 13. ve 15. Yüzyıllar arasında, Venedik ve Osmanlı Devleti Batı'da ve Doğu'da hüküm sürer ve Ragusa - kentin o zamanki adı - Adriyatik'teki tek bağımsız kent devleti iken inşa edilmiş.