About Montenegro

For people with exploring spirit, for those who want to find out more about Montenegro, its culture, people, for those who love nature and its magic, for those who want to witness personally the enormous number of natural beauties of the smallest and the youngest of the states in the world:

• national parks;
• rivers and their canyons;
• glacial lakes;
• the coast of Adriatic Sea.

Other interesting facts why you should visit Montenegro:

• Only a year after America was discovered (1493),"Octoich"was printed in Cetinje, a masterpiece of printing, the first book ever printed on the Balkans;
• The first acknowledged private nautical school in the world, was opened in Perast by Marko Martinovich, and on his ship seventeen Russian dukes sailed on the Adriatic Sea;
• Ivo Vizin, navy captain from Prchanj, is the first Montenegrin mariner, and the first man from the south Slavic countries who sailed around the world between 1852 and 1859 yr;
• the Pope Sixtus V Peretti, one of the most famous popes of Vatican, was born in the village of Krushevice in Boka Kotorska;
• Krsto Ivanovich from Budva, PhD of citizen and religious law in Padua, is the only foreigner buried in the church of St. Moses in Venice;
• The Order of St.Peter is the most precious Montenegrin medal, which is practically, priceless;
• The oldest and best preserved glass in Europe, called diareth, from the 4th century B.C., was found near Pljevlje. It has length of 14.2 cm, and width of 12.9 cm;
• The cathedral of St.Tripun in Kotor is one of the oldest churches in Europe. It was built in 1166 yr. It is 69 years older than Nottre Dame Cathedral, the most famous church in Paris;
• The minaret of the Hussein-pasha Boljanich mosque in Pljevlje is 42 meters tall, which makes it highest on the Balkans. One of the most beautiful copies of the Koran in Europe is kept here;
• The church of St. Ilija, in Carina below Komovo, is built on the highest ground compared with other temples in Europe. The church is built on 1800 meters above the sea level;
• The Red Cross of Montenegro is the first organization of The Red Cross on the Balkans, and is on of the oldest national Red Cross organizations in the world. It was founded in 1875 in Cetinje;
• Montenegro, first in Europe, introduced transportation of mail by car, instead of carriage as previously, it was at the same time the first car in Montenegro;
• The first stamp printed for a special occasion in Europe, was printed in Montenegro on the 24 July 1893;
• The river Boyana is the only river in the world which flows in both directions;
• In Montenegro, there are 2.833 plant species and subspecies, between them there are 22 plants that can not be found anywhere else in the world;
• Biograd Forest, is the only rain forest in Europe, beside Peruchica in Bosnia;
• In the Skadar Lake live uklijeva and krap, two types of fish which can not be found on any other place in the world;
• The cave in the Djinovich Klisura is one of the most beautiful caves in the world. The speleologists have discovered so far 11.750 square meters of underground corridors. The cave has got several halls up to 50 meters high. a special attraction is the presence of 45 lakes;
• Nevidio, the canyon of the river Komarnica, is the most hostile canyon in the world. The first man crossed it in 1965;
• The river of Tara is the biggest reservoir of drinkable water in Europe and the longest river in Montenegro;
• The only mosaic figure dedicated to the god of sleep, Hypnos, can be found in Risan;
• In the museum of King Nikola's Court in Cetinje, two flags of Dzemaludin-Pasha are kept, which can not be found anywhere else in the world, not even in Turkey;
• Zabljak is the highest town in Europe, set on 1485 meters above the sea level;
• "St. Stefan", the only town-hotel in the world, was listed in Ripley's book" Believe it or not" as a world attraction. New York's "life magazine" listed it in 1969 as one of the best ten hotels in the world.