The Clock Tower (Sahat kula) is the one of the major cultural and historical monuments in Podgorica . Situated on the central square Bećir beg Osmanagic , in the Old Town (Stara Varos) is the symbol of the former Podgorica. It was built by Haji Pasha Osmanagic in the 18th century ( 16 meters high) , and beside it,there was the old railway station.
Pedestrian bridge in Podgorica, across the river Moraca, also known as Moscow, as the steel structure for bridge is received from Moscow. It”s 105 meters long, innovative designs, with a few wooden benches and canopies. Opened on 19 December 2009.
The Clock Tower is one of the symbols of Kotor. It occupies the central place in the square opposite the main gate. It was built in 1602 but it is supposed not to have been finished at the time of the 1667 earthquake, as on that occasion the Tower considerably inclined towards the west i.e. to the sea. Later there had been some attempts to put it back in upright position but after the 1979 catastrophic earthquake it returned to the same position. The Clock Tower was partly built in the Baroque style while the northern and eastern façade is in the Gothic style. Below the Clock Tower there is the Pillar of Shame which was used for punishment of an accused person by placing him/her in front of the Pillar so that all the citizens of Kotor would know for his/her offence.
The remains of the medieval city Nehaj raised in the 15th century are situated at a distance of about 10 km northwest of Bar on the hill above the rough sea.
Built by the Venetians to defend ,for the first time mentioned in the 16th century.
There is the church of St.. Dimitri from the 18th century with two altars that are older than the fort.
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(Sea Fortress) was built in the period between the 14th and 17th century, renovated in 1833, from 1952 turned into a summer movie theater, and later on into a discotheque. The fortress rests on strong rocks, above the walkway along the shore, and inside its walls there is a door – a passage leading from the seashore to the top of the fortress. On the upper side of the fortress there is a “Porta di mare” (Sea Door) with rudiments from the Bosnian period.
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The fortifications of Kotor (Italian: Cattaro) are an integrated historical fortification system that protected the medieval town of Kotor containing ramparts, towers, citadels, gates, bastions, forts, cisterns, a castle, and ancillary buildings and structures. They incorporate military architecture of Illyricum, Byzantium, Venice, and Austria. Together with the old town and its natural surroundings the fortifications were inscribed in the list of World Heritage Sites in 1979 labelled Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor and represent the only such site of cultural significance in Montenegro.
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. City walls protect the city on its northern and south-western side, towards the waters. The walls are fortified by bastions, most prominent the Kampana tower and citadel (13th to 14th century) near the point where the river enters the bay. Close to it is the Sea Gate (also Main Gate) from 1555 allowing access from the bay, the two other gates to the city are the River Gate (also North Gate) from 1540 with the nearby Bembo Bastion from 1540 and the Gurdic Gate (also South Gate), the latter modified many times and fortified by the Gurdic Bastion from 1470. The Bembo Bastion has been converted into an open theatre. Two additional gates were present, one walled up south of the Sea Gate, the other, Spiljarskia Gate, within the ramparts of the hillside towards the old road to Cetinje. From the Bembo Bastion and the Gurdic Bastion ramparts climb up to the top of the St. John Mountain that backs the city. The ramparts have positions at various points; within them is a network of communications as well as additional buildings including the Church of Our Lady of Remedy from 1518. On top of the mountain is the San Giovanni castel at a 280 meter height dominating the eastern bay, the fortification system and the city. Behind the castle hill the inhabitable and mountainous countryside further ascends toward the Lovcen. The circumference of the outer wall is 4.5 km, with a thickness between 2 to 16 m, and a height up to 20 m.
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