Eporij or the harbour was already an integral part of the Roman town and it was situated in a tamed natural bay. which was probably one of the decisive factors for its foundation in the exact spot. We can only assume that it was equipped with typical facilities like any other harbour of the ancient town. In the medieval age the town defence wall spread out on this particular place, alternating in straight lines of serrate curtain with powerful towers and bastions, especially on the eastern, more open area. A tower under which there was a sailboat moor closed the direct harbour entrance. The tower was belted in the 15th century with a semicircular external fortress. The bastion of St. Anthony (Sv. Ante) was on the tip of the peninsula. On the inner side of the walls there were buildings designed for harbour servicing and activities. There were seven or eight doors, mostly small for defence reasons, which opened to the walls of defence and the towers. They lead to the mooring platform for sailboats and smaller vessels. After the changes in the political scene, during the 19th and in the beginning of the 20th centuries and with new tourist activities rising, a fair share of the walls was demolished. The town assumed a new face, opening itself towards the port and its sea. Along with smaller buildings, new hotels such as Hotel Praha and Hotel Bristol were being erected with the most inappropriate pseudo stylistic features. In the thirties of the 20th century a new promenade was built along with breakwater on the opposite side of the Prince's Court (Knežev dvor). Despite the drastic change of the historical image, the port became the town's and the island's symbol of a mundane seaside resort with many attractive coffee shops and a number of picturesque barkarjoli (small rowing boats) and sails. Moorings of inshore liners, seen as true social happenings of that time, were ensuring particular dynamics.