Today Dubrovnik is celebrating the 1045th Day of St. Blaise and the Day of the City. The procession along the main street the Stradun will be after the ceremonial celebrations held in front of the Dubrovnik Cathedral at 10.00am. The most important day on Dubrovnik’s calendar is here and the patron saint of the city will be celebrated until a mass on Sunday the 5th of February.

It is expected that the Croatian President, Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, and the Parliament Speaker, Bozo Petrov, will both attend the festivities.

The festivities were officially opened yesterday when the Bishop of Dubrovnik, Mate Uzinic, released doves from the front of the St. Blaise Church and the flag of the patron saint was raised over the city.