Sokol ( en, Falcon) is the name of a medieval fortress located in the village of Dunave in Konavle,

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, underneath the eastern slopes of

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, near the border with

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. It's also referred to as or . Arthur J. Evans is known to have done excavations on the site, but never published complete results. Archaeologists have been conducting surveys of the site since the 1970s, and it is known that the site was inhabited in the Eneolithic, Bronze and Iron Ages, most notably by the

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. The site was also inhabited during Roman times, growing in importance as part of a Byzantine '' limes''. It is not known exactly when the medieval Fort Sokol was built, the first historical records about it date to a mention in 1373 and also a mention in the 1391 donation of Konavle by the

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to the

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. It was garrisoned by Dubrovnik and commanded by a member of the gentry until it was abandoned in 1672. The site also contains a medieval

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necropolis as well as a Glagolitic marble inscription.

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