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Location (municipality) Year listed UNESCO data Description Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor: Kotor, Herceg Novi, Tivat: 1979 125; i, ii, iii, iv (cultural) The Bay of Kotor, a strategic natural harbour in the Eastern Adriatic, was an important center of arts and commerce during the Middle Ages. The value of the region is embodied ...
Montenegro has five national parks which cover approximately 10 percent of the country's territory. The parks are managed by the National Parks of Montenegro government agency (Serbian: Национални паркови Црне Горе, romanized: Nacionalni parkovi Crne Gore). [1]
It is the largest protected area in Montenegro, and it was inscribed on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 1980. [2] At 80 kilometers (50 mi) long and 1,300 meters (4,300 ft) deep, the Tara River Canyon in Durmitor National Park is the deepest gorge in Europe. [2] [4]
The bay has been inhabited since antiquity. Its well-preserved medieval towns of Kotor, Risan, Tivat, Perast, Prčanj and Herceg Novi, along with their natural surroundings, are major tourist attractions. The Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979.
The last 36 kilometers form the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. The canyon is up to 1,300 meters (4,300 feet) deep. Tara River Canyon is one of the deepest river canyons in Europe. Within Montenegro the canyon is protected as a part of Durmitor National Park and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Lake Skadar in Montenegro. Montenegro's surface runoff in the north is carried away by the Lim and Tara river systems, which enter the Danube via the Drina River of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In southern Montenegro, streams flow toward the Adriatic Sea. Much of the drainage of the karstic region is not on the surface but travels in underground ...
Tourist attractions in Podgorica (2 C, 17 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Montenegro" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
List of World Heritage Sites in Montenegro; N. Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor; S. Stećak; T. Tara River Canyon; Tourism in Montenegro; V.