Montenegro is a country with an area of 13,812 square kilometers, with a total population of 621,000. Podgorica is the capital and largest city.
From the late 14th century to the late 18th century, large parts of southern Montenegro were ruled by the Venetian Republic and incorporated into Venetian Albania. Montenegro’s independence was recognized at the Congress of Berlin in 1878. In 1910, the country became a kingdom. After World War I, the kingdom became part of Yugoslavia. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia, Montenegro declared its independence in June 2006.
Montenegro features high peaks along its borders with Serbia, Kosovo, and Albania, a segment of the Karst of the western Balkan Peninsula, to a narrow coastal plain that is only 1.5 to 6 kilometers wide. The plain stops abruptly in the north, where Mount Lovćen and Mount Orjen (1,894 m) plunge into the inlet of the Bay of Kotor. The mountains of Montenegro include some of the most rugged terrains in Europe. The peak of Bobotov Kuk in the Durmitor mountains reaches a height of 2,522 m
I visited Montenegro in March-April 2023, mostly in the Kotor Bay region (See map), on a Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina and Montenegro tour.
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