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Kotor is the administrative centre of Kotor municipality, which includes the towns of Risan and Perast, as well as many small hamlets around the Bay of Kotor, and has a population of 21,916. [22] The town of Kotor itself has 1,360 inhabitants, but the administrative limits of the town encompass only the area of the Old Town.
The castle St. John (San Giovanni) and the western hillside wall. The medieval part of the town of Kotor is located on a triangular piece of land that is bordered by the most inner extension of the Bay of Kotor at its south-western side, the river Skurda toward the North, and the mountain of St. John (San Giovanni) towards the East.
Kotor was home to a notable naval academy, the Scuola Nautica. [18] The fleet peaked at 300 ships in the 18th century, when Boka was a rival to Dubrovnik and Venice. During the Austro-Hungarian period, the Bay of Kotor produced the majority of sea captains of the Österreichischer Lloyd shipping company. [19]
It is the deadliest mass shooting in the history of Montenegro. [32] In March 2023, Jakov Milatović, a pro-western candidate of the Europe Now movement, won the presidential election run-off over incumbent Milo Đukanović to succeed him as the next President of Montenegro. [33] On 20 May 2023, Milatović was sworn in as President of ...
The Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor is a World Heritage Site located in Montenegro that was inscribed in 1979. It encompasses the old town of Kotor ( Italian Cattaro), the fortifications of Kotor , and the surrounding region of the inner Bay of Kotor .
Montenegro is a country in Southeastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. [10] Its 25 municipalities have a total population of 633,158 people in an area of 13,883 km 2 (5,360 sq mi). It is bordered by Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast, Kosovo to the east, Albania to the southeast, Croatia to the west, and has a ...
Montenegro Our Lady of the Rocks is one of the two islets off the coast of Perast in the Bay of Kotor , Montenegro (the other being Sveti Đorđe island ). It is an artificial island created by bulwark of rocks and by sinking old and seized ships loaded with rocks. [ 1 ]
"Black Mountain") is a small, mountainous country in Southeast Europe. It borders Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Albania and the Adriatic Sea. While being a small country at 13,812 km 2 (5,333 sq mi), it is very diverse regarding the terrain configuration. [1] Montenegro has 50 peaks of over 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in altitude.