Lift to Srdj;
by Natasa Lujic
It is a renewed lift, which for three and a half minutes of the old city walls coming to 405 meter high hill Srdj; and convincing most beautiful views of Dubrovnik.The cabin pass distance of 750 feet, runs every 15 minutes and there is room for 30 people. Return ticket is 10 euros, but worth every cent, because we really have to see. Srdj lift was built in Dubrovnik 1969th years and has been linked village of Ploce and Dubrovnik Hill Srdj. It was the first and only cable car was built in Croatia at that time and she was a symbol of Dubrovnik. The Patriotic War was completely destroyed. Rebuilt lift is put into operation 10th July 2010, on the opening day of the Dubrovnik Summer Festival. The capacity of the old cable was only 15 people. Lift during the war was hit with enemy positions and eventually directly affected and destroyed. One cabin has remained in the lift station, while another crashed because they broke the tensile cables. During the Cross are often able to see the destroyed cabin lift. In October 2008. The managing director of Atlas Properties, Oscar Hasbun, announces the dismantling of metal fragments, the lower cable car station and the demolition of the upper station. In March removes the ruins of the upper station. On 14 August 2009. The Atlas of property entered into an agreement with Swiss company Garaventa, which is supplied propulsion plant and equipment for the new lift. In early September begins reconstruction lifts, and in January 2010. from Switzerland came first parts of the plant. Excelsa Property signed an agreement with the company Nautica from Čilipi about ten catering lease space in the upper cable car station. All construction work conducted by the company KAMGRAD from Zagreb. Srdj plates and connects two cabin capacity of 30 passengers, the ride takes about 4 minutes. Cabins are orange and moving at a speed of 6.5 meters per second. The upper cable car station is an amphitheater with 250 persons, where the coffee and snack bar, gift shop and two terraces with unforgettable panoramic view of Dubrovnik and its old town. Lift in the end went up to the altitude of 405 meters, what is the height difference between the lower and upper stations between which is a steel column height of 40 meters.
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