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Kotor was conquered by Venetia and the Dubrovnik Republic wanted to use Genoa to finally destroy its greatest adversary, the City of Kotor.
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Unlike other Serbian monasteries, this one was built in the Romantic style, under the authority of grand master Vita from Kotor.
Dalmatian ( or Dalmatic ) was a Romance language spoken in the Dalmatia region of Croatia, and as far south as Kotor in Montenegro.
Dalmatian was spoken on the Dalmatian coast from Fiume ( now Rijeka ) as far south as Cottora ( Kotor ) in Montenegro.
The name Podgorica was first mentioned in 1326 in a court document of the Kotor archives.
By the 14th century the Republic of Venice was able to create a territorial continuity around the Bay of Kotor ( Cattaro ).
The last prominent member of his family, his uncle Dragimir, was killed by some local citizens in Kotor in 1018.
Kotor, first mentioned in 168 BC, was settled during Ancient Roman times, when it was known as Acruvium, Ascrivium, or Ascruvium and was part of the Roman province of Dalmatia.
In the 14th-and 15th centuries, there was an influx of settlers from the oblasts of Trebinje ( the region around forts Klobuk Ledenica and Rudina ) and the Hum lands ( Gacko and Dabar ) to Kotor.
Kotor was captured by the British attack on the Bay led by Commodore John Harper in the brig sloop ( 18 guns ).
In World War I, Kotor was one of three main bases of the Austro-Hungarian Navy and homeport to the Austrian Fifth Fleet, consisting of pre-dreadnought battleships and light cruisers.
Actually, Zeta lost its independence in 1499 so the only free part of the country, which was called Montenegro since then, was reduced to a mountainous territory between Crnojević River and The Bay of Kotor.
Breznik was on the main routes from Dubrovnik, Trieste and Kotor to Constantinople, Sarajevo and Belgrade and because of that, the first customs was opened in 1338.
Economic prosperity was also fostered by the related intensification of trade with the Dalmatian cities of Dubrovnik and Kotor.
Marović was born in Kotor to a Grbljanian father and Montenegrin mother, only because it was the closest town along Montenegrin coast with a maternity ward ; however he considers Budva as his hometown.
Corps helped to conquer the Lovćen mountain near Kotor in 1916, was ennobled as Freiherr ( baron ) in 1917 with the style of Freiherr Trollmann von Lovcenberg.
Religious music development was sparked in the 19th century, when a Catholic singing academy was opened in Kotor.
Also, until the musical renaissance of the 20th century, Montenegrin music was mainly based on the simple traditional instrument, the gusle. The oldest singing society, named " Jedinstvo " ( Unity ) was formed in Kotor in 1839.
Visin was a Catholic born in Prčanj, in the Bay of Kotor, then under occupation of the French Empire.
Kotor and conquered
Corps had conquered the Lovćen mountain near Kotor.
He centralized the state and conquered parts of the Croatia, Dalmatia, Hum, Kotor, Zeta, and the territory of present-day Sandžak.
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These characteristics distinguish fjords from rias ( e. g. the Bay of Kotor ), which are drowned valleys flooded by the rising sea.
In the second half of the 6th century, Slavs migrated from the Bay of Kotor to the River of Bojana, an area of land given to them by the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius.
The old Mediterranean port of Kotor is surrounded by an impressive city wall built by the Republic of Venice and Venetian influence remains predominant in the city's architecture.
In recent years, Kotor has seen a steady increase in tourists, many of them coming by cruise ship.
Visitors are attracted both by the natural beauty of the Gulf of Kotor and by the old town of Kotor.
Saracen's crew later hauled naval 18-pounder guns above Fort St. John, the fortress near Kotor, and were reinforced by Captain William Hoste with his ship ( 38 guns ).
From a historical point of view, Kotor went through a rough time under all the so-called occupations by the great powers of Europe.
Kotor is connected to the Adriatic Motorway and the rest of the coast and inland Montenegro by Vrmac Tunnel.
Seven liturgies from the 15th century, written by a Venetian publisher L. A. Giunta, have been saved in a St. Clara monastery in Kotor.
Although, Tvrtko gave support to the surrounded Venetian garrison in Kotor by sending them mercenaries, food and weapons.
The last prominent member of his family, his uncle Dragimir, was killed by some local citizens in Kotor in 1018.
The order was realized by the governor of Kotor in 1672, when he banished all the Orthodox from Bogdashich and Kavchani and committed serious atrocities on Prevlaka.
The authority in Kotor was previously held by the National Assembly, as with any coastal Adriatic city.
In 1848, when the numerous revolutions sparked in the Austrian Empire, an Assembly of the Gulf of Kotor was held sponsored by Petar II Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro, to decide on the proposition of Boka's unification with Croatia.
In 809 the remains of St Tripun were brought by Bokelj mariners from Asia Minor to Kotor.
Kotor and Dubrovnik
Dalmatian speakers lived in the coastal towns Zadar (), Trogir (), Spalato ( Split ; ), Ragusa ( Dubrovnik ; ), and Kotor (), each of these cities having a local dialect, and on the islands of Krk (), Cres () and Rab ().
Speakers lived mainly in the coastal towns of Jadera ( Zadar ), Tragurium ( Trogir ), Spalatum ( Split ), Ragusa ( Dubrovnik ) and Acruvium ( Kotor ), and also on the islands of Curicta ( Krk ), Crepsa ( Cres ) and Arba ( Rab ).
They gave Konavle to the Republic of Ragusa and Dubrovnik started to rile up Kotor and other Dalmatian cities from the King's rule, asking them to reaccept the supreme rule of the Hungarian King Sigismund, but they refused.
In 866, a major Arab raid along Dalmatia struck Budva and Kotor, and then laid siege to Dubrovnik in 867.
Tvrtko was mad and planned a joint attack on Dubrovnik and Kotor.
He built, and in 1382 opened the ports of Brstanik near Počitelj and Sveti Stefan, now known as Herceg Novi in Bay of Kotor Monte Negro as a line of defence from Dubrovnik and Kotor.
# The Dalmatian coast between Budva ( Budua ) and Ston, including Dubrovnik ( Ragusa ) and Kotor Bay ( it.
It is 19 kilometers away from Herceg Novi, away from Kotor, 23 kilometers away from Budva, 80 kilometers from Dubrovnik and 90 kilometers from Podgorica.
) Recently, Dubrovnik ( Croatia ), Mostar ( Bosnia and Herzegovina ) and Kotor ( Montenegro ) signed an official Declaration for joint candidacy for hosting 2021 Mediterranean Games.
As a result of the Vidovdan Constitution ( in 1921 ), the majority of the Kingdom was divided into the Split Oblast and Dubrovnik Oblast, with the Bay of Kotor being administratively split to the largely Montenegrin Zeta Oblast.
The Roman Catholic archbishop had his seat in Zadar, while the diocese of Kotor, diocese of Hvar, diocese of Dubrovnik, diocese of Šibenik and diocese of Split were bishoprics.
Stephen Tvrtko, the founder of the Bosnian kingdom, was able in 1389 to annex the Adriatic littoral between Kotor ( Cattaro ) and Šibenik, and even claimed control over the northern coast up to Fiume ( Rijeka ) except for the Venetian-ruled Zara ( Zadar ), and his own independent ally, Ragusa ( Dubrovnik ).
The Dalmatian speakers lived mainly in the coastal towns of Zadar, Trogir, Split, Dubrovnik and Kotor ( Zara, Traù, Spalato, Ragusa and Cattaro in Italian and in Dalmatian ), each of these cities having a local dialect, and also on the islands of Krk, Cres and Rab ( Veglia, Cherso and Arbe )
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