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Stećci

Ivan Stojanovic — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 17:33:07 +0000

The Stećci (singular: Stećak), are monumental medieval tombstones that lie scattered across Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the border parts of Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia. An estimated 60,000 are found within the borders of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the rest of 10,000 are found in Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro.[1] Appearing in the 11th century, the stećci reached their peak in the late 14th to 15th centuries, before dying away during the Ottoman occupation.

The Stećci have been nominated to the UNESCO World Heritage List as Joint Cultural Heritage by the four countries in 2009.

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Skadar lake monasteries

Ivan Stojanovic — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:56:10 +0000

Verona House

Ivan Stojanovic — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:08:33 +0000

Verona House is located in the area called Račica. It was built by the sea, in an isolated location. Although the greater part of the house has been unused and deserted for a long time, with its simple but elongated form, its proportions and architectural style, the house reflects the features of the Gothic-Renaissance period in which it was built. The house belonged to the noble family Bizanti from Kotor. In about 1760, Captain Anton Andrijin Verona from Prčanj bought the house together with the whole estate that the Bizanti family had in the Tivat area.

Verona house is a two-storey construction consisting of three parts: an emphasised central part, covered with a hipped roof and wings of unequal lengths, lower than the central part and covered with gable roofs. The house was made of stone in shades of grey and green. The original, centrally set Gothic portal with pointed arches was replaced probably after 1760 by a new “bugnato” Baroque portal. The arched part of this new portal was later sealed up and a stone architrave added to the portal. The portal in the central part of the building, on the side facing the enclosed garden, has kept its original Gothic appearance without much change.

Although it has lost much of its authentic appearance, Verona house, with its spacious enclosed garden, a “mandrać” (an enclosure for boats), a threshing floor and wells, reflects to a great degree the way of life as might have been for the medieval noble families of Kotor on their estates in the Tivat Bay area.

text: www.bokabay.info

Kanli Kula

Ivan Stojanovic — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 19:06:19 +0000

Kanli kula originates from the Turkish period (16th century); it used to be a prison (which is where its original Turkish name the “Bloody Tower” comes from), and in 1966 it was reconstructed and turned into one of the most wonderful summer stages on the Adriatic coast, which has over 1000 seats, even though it can accommodate over the total of 15,00 people. On the South walls of the fortress, there is the so called “Donkey door” which was made by Austrians in the 19th century.

text: http://www.hercegnovi.cc

Španjola

Ivan Stojanovic — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 15:10:20 +0000

Španjola is a fortress which started being built during the Turkish rule in the 15th century. However, today’s name originated from the Spanish conquerors which renovated in, as well as some other fortresses, and have continued building it during their one year rule over the city. Its original name was the “Upper city” Fortress.
The appearance that it has nowadays was acquired during the Turkish rule in the 16th century. It is located at the Northwestern side of the city on the Bajer hill, at a height of 170 m.

text: http://www.hercegnovi.cc

Buća palace

Ivan Stojanovic — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:52:34 +0000

It is a fortified summer residence unique at our coast. It was built more than 500 years ago. The founder of the family Mihajlo Buca and his brother Nikola, who served at czar Dusan’s court, built a medieval castle -summer residence for both rest and defense.
It consists of five buildings: residence house, storehouse, a small church dedicated to St Michael , who was the protector-patron of the noble Buca family from Kotor and porch- multipurpose colonnaded entrance way. All the buildings were enclosed by stone wall like all medieval buildings.
It has been revitalized and today it houses the Tivat Art Gallery.

text: www.tivat.com