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Archive for the ‘Curiosities’ Category
10 things about MNE 9
- The largest glacier in the Balkans was Plav’s glacier length of 35 pc and thickness up to 200m.
- Nikola Jovanovic was the first foreigner who was playing in the ranks of Manchester United’s.
- Dusan Vukotic is the first and only Montenegrin Oscar winner, who received this recognition 1961. for a short animated film named “Surrogate”.
- Podgorica, along with Mostar was the warmest city in Yugoslavia.
- Canyon Cijevna in some places so narrow that it can straddle.
- Dajbabe monastery near Podgorica is buried in the earth in the form of the cross.
- Mojkovac is the compound of My-coins-money.
- Printing in Cetinje stop working 1852. due to the need for letters of meetings in yield warheads.
- Daughter of King Nicholas of Montenegro – Jelena was an influential Italian queen.
- In the battle of Krusi 1796. Montenegrins had victory over the Turks, although the balance of power was 6950 Montenegrins against 30,000 Turks.
10 things about MNE 8
1. Marko Martinovic (Perast, from 1663 to 1716) opened the first private maritime school in the world.
2. The largest oak in Montenegro is located in Pelev hill, near Podgorica. It is old about five hundred years.
3. Montenegrin First feature film called “the false Emperor.” Recorded in 1955. in the production of Lovcen film. It was also the first historical film in the former Yugoslavia.
4. Gurdic addition of Kotor is one of the MOST UNUSUAL rivers in the world, because the river without the – channel. At the time of rainy days, the river, eighty feet long, boil the cave hole and seawater, as the Length of the bay, returning to the sea.
5. Nikšićko field has 300 springs, 30 streams and 886 abyss. This spring, called potajnice, rights are a natural rarity.
6. One of the few surviving copies in the world marine fan manual operation is among the exhibits in the museum Perast.
7. Perch onece a year travel from river Bojana to the Gulf of Mexico to spawn there.
8. In the village Godinje all houses are connected with a defence system of tunnels and passages.
9. Hill Šipcanik once was an underground military airport, now is the wine cellar.
10. John Raičević was the first Montenegrin world champion in any sport. He won the title of world champion in wrestling Raičević 1909.
10 things about MNE 7
1. Peter I Petrovic Njegos was the only ruler in the world that was three times wounded in battles to defend his country
2. Beautiful and the oldest preserved glass cup with areas of Europe – diatret – from the fourth century BC, was found near Pljevlja.
3. Appropriate first postage stamp issued in Europe, Montenegro is 24th July 1893rd year.
4. Montenegro has plant units as all other in Europe (2833 plant species and subspecies) of which 22 plants does not anywhere in the world except in Montenegro.
5. In the vicinity of the village Stabna there are remains of a “milkduct” unique in Europe, and perhaps in the world.
6. The only mosaic figure in the world dedicated to the deity of sleep Hypnos is located in Risan.
7. In Cetinje Museum Palace of King Nikola, there are two flags Jamal Pasha unique in the world – there’s not even in Turkish museums.
8. One of the few surviving copies in the world marine fan manual operation is among the exhibits in the museum Perast.
9. Sveti Stefan as the world’s attraction is found in Ripley’s book “Believe it or not.”
10. Zabljak is the city which is located at the highest altitude in the Balkans (1485 m above sea level).
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10 things about MNE 6
1. The bell tower of St. Nikola (Perast) is 55 meters tall and is the second tallest on this side of the Adriatic.
2. ”Montenegro” was first mentioned in a document from the 1397th , and on Montenegrin language (Crna Gora) in the document from 26 July 1458th year.
3. Order of St. Peter of Montenegro is the most expensive order (no price).
4. Church of Sv. Mary, built in 1510th in Ulcinj, after the Turkish conquest 1693.was transformed in mosque and today its called the Church-Mosque.
5. Limljani village entered in Guinnes Book of Records as the village with the highest number of railway station in the world, even 4th
6. The Skadar Lake has two species of fish which can not be find anywhere else in the world (Ukljeva and Krap).
7. Montenegro had a “Chinese wall” that was long, about 500 kilometers, wide two meters and three meters high. No one found when it was built and what was served for.
8. According to statistics, every Montenegrin has an average over 2 mobile phones.
9. Great Osečenice pound near Grahovo is home for little mrmoljak (amphibians, rare protected species) which exists only here.
10. River canyon Grlja has one of the most interesting canyons in the world. On both sides of the river rise to smooth the cliffs, twenty meters high, and distance from each other are – two steps.
10 things about MNE 5
- Montenegro was declared an ecological state 20th September 1991.
- Pope Sixtus V (1520 – 1590), one of the most famous popes, comes from the village Kruševice ( Bay of Kotor).
- Montenegro was the first European country to introduce a postal delivery by car 5th July 1903.
- “Plantaže” has the largest vineyard in Europe .
- The shortest street in Montenegro, and probably the world, is located in Podgorca (Cetinje sreet), thirty meters long and it has only one address.
- Kasoronj (Trupa Longicurpa) is a plant that only exists in the Skadar Lake.
- Velika (Long) beach is the longest natural sandy beach on the Mediterranean (12 km).
- Europe’s richest river in grayling is Ljuca .
- Church of St. Ilija on Carine is the highest temple in Europe (about 1800 m above sea level).
- Juan Vucetic (Montenegrin expatriate) invented dactyloscopy.


