Our Lady of the Rocks

We come to the most famous part of Montenegro, there are many guests who have never heard about Montenegro, but they have heard about of the artificial church "Lady of the Rocks" and the baroque town of Perast from the 15th century. Our Lady of the Rocks is certainly one of the most beautiful scenes in the world. From the docks of the half-abandoned ancient Perast, this scene gained a particularly unreal dimension. Our Lady of the Rocks is an artificial island, which adorns the Bay of Kotor & Risan in Montenegro. This island was created by the intertwining of religion and tradition, as well as the persistence, desire and will of the inhabitants, primarily the town of Perast. The island was created around the 15th century, where, according to the legend of the Moršić brothers, on July 22, 1452, they found an icon of the Mother of God with a child in a rock in the middle of the sea.

Mamula Island

Mamula is located in the Herceg Novi part of the bay, between the Lustica and Prevlaka peninsulas, 6.3 km away from Herceg Novi. At the time when this part of the coast was under the rule of the Venetian Republic, the island was also known as Rondina. It is circular in shape, 200 meters in diameter. About 80% of the island's surface is occupied by the fortress, which was built in 1853 by the Austro-Hungarian general Lazar Mamula (1795-1878). The fortress, together with the fortifications of Arza on Luštica and the Fort of Prevlaka on Cape Oštro (Prevlaka), had an important strategic importance in the defense of Boka. In fact, during both world wars, the fortress served as a notorious prison known for its cruelty (Kampo Mamula). During the Second World War, the Italians set up a concentration camp there, in which a total of 2,300 people were imprisoned.