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Cetinje is the centre of Cetinje Municipality. The city rests on a small karst plain surrounded by limestone mountains, including Mount Lovćen, the legendary mountain in Montenegrin historiography. Cetinje was founded in the 15th century and became a cradle of the culture of Montenegro.
- Cetinje Monastery
The Cetinje Monastery ( Serbian: Цетињски манастир,...
- Old Royal Capital Cetinje
Demographics. According to the 2011 census, in the territory...
- Cetinje massacre
The Cetinje massacre was a massacre of 28 citizens of...
- Cetinje Monastery
The monastery at Cetinje became the seat of the prince-bishops, or vladike, theocratic rulers of Montenegro, from 1516 to 1851. The Montenegrins constantly battled the Turks and Albanians, and Cetinje was overrun by Turkish forces in 1692, 1714, and 1785. On the first occasion the defendants of the monastery fired the gunpowder supply ...
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Enter the magical underworld. Witness the underground corridors and halls of the "Underground King," who used naturally-occuring grandiose stalactite and stalagmite formations to decorate his castle! The unique Lipska Cave, only 5 kilometers from Cetinje, will provide you with 400 meters of exciting journey into the bowels of the earth, where ...
Cetinje is a town of 19,000 located in the small valley under the Lovćen mountain. It was founded in the 15th century by Ivan Crnojevic. His son founded the first printing house in the South Slavs - about the time the Columbus discovered America! Due to the strategic nature of Montenegro, it being an independent state on the border of the ...