Category: Montenegro
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Kotor
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After leaving the island and returning to Perast, we went on to Kotor. A UNESCO world heritage site, the well preserved medieval walled town of Kotor sits at the foot of Mt. Lovćen at the southern end of the Boka Bay in Kotor Bay. Kotor’s fortifications grew up St John’s Hill from…
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Perast
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Perast was our first destination. We had a short walking tour of the historic old town. First we saw the Church of St. John the Baptist, located in the western part of the town. It was first mentioned in documents in 1595 when one of its church bells was made. At Perast…
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Montenegro
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Montenegro, situated along the Adriatic coast, is a small country with a millennia-long past. Its history spans ancient Illyrian tribes and Roman takeovers to medieval rulers and Ottoman exploits, creating a dynamic patchwork quilt of ethnicities, beliefs, and political upheavals. Our destination in Montenegro was the town of Igalo in the…