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Mijović/Kovačević 1975

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Case Study Beyond East and West: Sacred Landscapes Duklja and Raška

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Pavle Mijović/Mirko Kovačević, Gradovi i Utvrđenja u Crnoj Gori (Beograd/Ulcinj 1975).

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Places (53)
Name Class Begin End Description
Bar Place The Town of Bar evolved out of a castle which was rebuilt during the Reign of Justinian. Bar was the center of the increasingly Slavic principality of Zeta and became the part of the Serbian realm in the 12th century. Šufflay described the town as well fortified and home to monuments analogous to those in Ravenna, Ragusa and Zara (AA I, 50 (11); VĆ ŽSN., 32 - civitati namque ... Avarorum.; gradь slav'ny Barь).
Bihor Place (DA L. de F., 24, 10 - in loco vocato Bichor).
Brskovo Place (LjS PP., I, 6 (4) - u Brьskově u trьgu; AA I, 386 (113) - de Brescoua).
Budoš Place (LT St. 379 - castrum Budoch)
Budva Place (FŠ LPD., 306, 326 - Budua cum Cuceua; Danilo, 251 - vь město rekomo Staryi Gradь).
Cetinje Place (KS KŽStK., 176; MMS., 531 - Zetine; Cetigne; mestě glagolěměmь Cětině).
Gradac (1) Place The village of Gradac is mentioned within the border description of the village of Goražde in 1314 (Sp IV 4 - i u Gradačьcь).
Gradac (Porphyregenetos) Place Gradac was mentioned by Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenetos in his text "De administrando imperio" as one of three Slavonic towns in Duklja. Mijesević and Kovačević suggest a localisation near Berane (Ivangrad) or the Old Town of Budva.
Herceg Novi Place The Bosnian king Tvrtko I founded Herceg Novi in the župa of Dračevica. After Tvrtkos death Sandalj Hranić ruled over Herceg Novi, his son had to defend the town of Herceg Novi against the Ottomans in 1475, however Herceg Novi falls under Ottoman rule in 1481.
Island of Starčevo, Monastery Starčeva Gorica, Church of the Holy Mother of God (1) Place The Church of the Holy Mother of God of the Starčevo Gorica Monastery was built between 1368 and 1379 (ZN br 149); (LjS ZiN IV, 6071 (16) - si sveti prolog Gorice Starčeve). Its a triconchos with a dome.
Kom, Monastery of the Bogorodica Place The Monastery of the Bogorodica in Kom was built by the parents of Ivan Crnjević at an unknown point in time. At the 4th of January 1485 the monastery was given to the Church of the Bogorodica in Cetinje (ZSp. 780 XIX).
Kotor Place (AA I, 50 (11) civitati namque Catarinensi; VĐ ŽSN., 32 - Kotorь že ōstavi, utvrьdivyi i vьznesь dvorь svoi vь nijemь iže je i deselě).
Koznik Fortress Place (MD ZHSvS., 288 i nap 202 - castrum Koznik, Cosnich).
Kukanj Place The Fortress of Kukanj was first mentioned in the year 1423 in a Charter of Sandalj Hranić to the town of Dubrovnik. King Alfonso V of Naples and Emperor Friedrich III mentioned Kukanj in the Years 1444, 1454 and 1448 respectively.
Lastva Place (FŠ LPD., 314; VM Lj., 62 & 63; SLJ List., IX, 10 - in locum, ui dicitur Lasta; che son in Lastva).
Lug Place Lug, probably a fortified settlement, may be identified with Žabljak or with Podlug. It was mentioned in "de administrando imperio" of Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenetos.
Martinići Gradina Place The Martinići Gradina does not show up in the sources, but was probably built in the Migration Period when the Slavic gentes arrived at the Balkans. It is found on a hill north of Spuž within the boundaries of Donji Martinići, Gornji Martinići and Gradina.
Medun Place According to Šufflay's Venetian sources, Medun was a watch tower (una torra) with a small fortification. It housed only the castellan with a few watchmen (DA L. de F., 18, 124; SLJ List. 10, 151 - apud Medunum; castello de Modon).
Morača Fortress Place The fortress of Moarača was a possession of Duke Stjepan (Herceg Stjepan) and was on a strategtic position to controll the Morača valley. The fortress has vanished nearly completely.
Morača Monastery, Church of the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God Place The Monastery of Morača is situated in the valley of the river Morača in the Municipality of Kolašin in Montenegro. It was built by Stefan, the son of Vukan Nemanjić (the Grand Prince of Zeta) and grandson of Stefan Nemanja (ZN 17). The katholikon is dedicated to the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God. It is a single-nave edifice with three bays, narthex and a dome. It has a side chapel dedicated to St. Stephen. All major elements of the Monastery of Žiča and the Patriarchate of Peć have merged into this edifice. The main portal is in Romanesque style. The fresco decoration of the 13th century has been poorly preserved (the majority of the decoration was ruined, when the monastery was ravaged by the Ottomans in the 16th century). The church was renovated in the 20th century.
Moračnik Monastery Place (SB ZSn., 757 - poklanja Prěčistoi na Moračniku).
Nehaj Fortress Place The Nehaj fortress was First mentioned in 1542. It can be found on the Map of Bar of the year 1550 on the left upper corner of the Map.
Norin Place The fortress of Norin was mentioned in charters of the years 1444, 1448 and 1454 by duke Stjepan. Norin is probably part of a ring of castles around Nikšić, other fortresses mentioned in this ring are Budoš, Onogošt and Susjed, the Ostrog fortress was probabaly also part of this defensive system.
Novi u Pivi Place The fortified settlement of Novi u Pivi was mentiond by the Aragonese King Alfonso V in the year 1444. Novigrad can not sufficiently be localised. It is possible to lie below the surface of Lake Piva after the construction of the Mratinje dam.
Novigrad Place Emperor Constantine Porphyregenetos mentioned in "De administrando imperio" three towns in Duklja, one of them Novigrad. Mijović and Kovačević mentioned suggestions of localisation as Sveti Stefan or Prevlaka, but also state that there is no evidence yet found.
Oblun Place The fortress of Obolon was first mentioned in the chronicles of the priest Dukljanin. The fortress was built upon the fundaments of an ancient illyrian-greek Akropolis and a roman-byzantine fortress. The fortress was built on a strategic very important position to controll the region of the eastern Lake Skadar and the Fields south of modern Podgorica.
Obod Place (FŠ LPD., 373; VM Lj., 103; MMS., 531 - in castellum, qui Obolon dicitur; darōvahь ednu vodenicu moju u Ōbodu).
Onogošt Place The Slavonic toponym Onogošt derives from Latin Anagastum and this itself from the Germanic personal name Anegast or Anagast. (FŠ LPD., 325; VM Lj,74; GČ KNS., 45 (39); LjS PP I, 99 (101) - in Onogoste; de Anagasto, u Ōnogošti).
Ostrog Fortress Place The fortress of Ostrog was mentioned in 1441, 1444, 1448 and 1454 as posession of duke (here vojvode) Stjepan. The fortress is also mentioned in a Charter of Alfonso V in the year 1444. The fortress is has not survived and cannot clearly localised.
Perast Place (AA II, 219 s. (51) - de Perast).
Pirlitor Place The fortress lies probably near the village of Pirlitor. It was build to guard the street from Pljevlja to Nikšić.
Plav Place The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) donated several fishermen in the village or region of Plav to the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren (Gk XV 303; SN ZSp., - u Plavě selo Dosuge; MSM Gl XII, 39 - selo u Plavě Gradь).
Pobor, Đurđevac Fortress Place The Đurdđevac fortress in Pobor was first mentioned in 1424 in a contract between the Serbian Despotate and the Republic of Venice and was probably destroyed in the year 1435.
Podgorica, Ribnica Place (VĐ ŽSN., 18 - na městě rekoměmь Rybnica).
Ratac Place (KJ TDR., 102 nap 205 - Abbas de S. Micaele (!) de Reteza; SN ZSp., 604 - u Rьtьčьka, svetoi Bogorodici Rьtьčьskoi).
Ratac, Church C (Bogorodica Ratačka) Place The Benedictine monastery complex of St. Mary is situated on the Ratac peninsula between Sutomore and Bar. Between the 9th and the 11th century a Benedictine monastery was founded, initially dedicated to Saint Archangel Michael and later to the Holy Mother of God, also known by the name Bogorodica Ratačka (Mother of God from Ratac). The oldest church is from the 11th century and is designated as Church C. The peculiarity of this single-nave building with a dome are the four bays, one of which in the West had probably the function of a narthex. This church is mentioned in the Kotor Charter by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin (reigned 1282-1321) in 1319, confirming the charter by his mother the Serbian Queen Jelena Anžujska (ca. 1230-1314) from 1305 and indicating that the church was dedicated to the Mother of God. A Latin inscription from September 1347 to the left of the Southern entrance to the Church C mentions the monastery's abbot Paulo Rugerii (Marković 2004, 201). The monastery complex consisted of several buildings. Among them three churches stand out. During the 14th and 15th centuries other buildings and fortifications were added to the monastery, especially when there was a danger from the Ottomans. The monastery and its buildings were looted and demolished by the Ottomans in the 16th century. The Venetians turned it into a military fortress, which was later taken over by the Ottomans. The walls of the monastery were especially devastated in the Second World War (1941-1945), where the occupying forces installed artillery and built bunkers. (KJ TDR., 102 nap 205 - Abbas de S. Micaele (!) de Reteza; SN ZSp., 604 - u Rьtьčьka, svetoi Bogorodici Rьtьčьskoi).
Risan Place (FR D., 408; FŠ LPD., 326; LjS PP II, 697 (119) - cum his iupaniis ... Rissena (Risano); i gradomь Novimь i s Risnimь). (D.V.) Risan was influenced by the Roman culture of the Dalmatian coastal cities, being mentioned as a Roman city in the works of Polybius, Ptolemy and Pliny according to Daniele Farlati.
Rose Place The town of Rose was mentioned by Constantine Porphyrogenetos as one of three towns plundered by Scaracens in the year 841. There are also hints, that Rose was a bishops see in 1271. In modern Rose no medieval buildings can be found, except the church.
Samograd Place Samograd is a settlement in a natural fortified place.
Skadar, Monastery of the Most Pure Mother of God of Krajina Place The Monastery of the Most Pure Mother of God of Krajina ("Craini"), with its main church dedicated to the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God, was built near the South-Western shore of Lake Skadar. As most researchers believe, its ktetor was the Serbian Prince Jovan Vladimir (reigned 990-1016), whose remains were transferred here not long after he was murdered in 1016 in Prespa. Next to him his wife Kosara was buried. The church was renewed and enlarged several times, but the original plan is still visible. It is a single nave edifice with semicircular conchae on its Southern, Eastern and Northern sides, making it a trefoil building, similar to the Church of St. John the Baptist in Zaton on the River Lim, built at approximately the same time, and the Church of St. Panteleimon in Ohrid (the burial church of St. Kliment of Ohrid), built during the time of Tsar Samuel's domination in the Balkans. The Church of the Most Pure Mother of God of Krajina was renewed at the end of the 14th century, probably at the time when the Metropolitan see of Zeta was transferred. It is believed that Balša III Djurdjević (reigned 1403-1421), the ruler of Zeta, was responsible for its renovation. Today, only fragments of fresco decoration indicate that the church was once embellished. (FŠ LPD., 331 - in ecclesia sancta Mariae, in loco qui dicitur Craini).
Soko Place (SLj List. 10, 21, i 153 - Uno costello chiamato Falcon che sta su uno fortissimo passo).
Sokol Place (MD ZHSvS, 169., Nap. 59 - Sochol; castrum Soko).
Spuž Place (MMS., 483 - podь Splьžemь u kalьcь).
Stabna Fortress Place The Stabna fortress was mentioned in the 1444 charter of Duke Stjepan.
Stari Ulcinj Place The fortified settlement of Stari Ulcinj on the Island of Stari Ulcinj was mentioned in 1376 as "in mari Dulcinii veteris" and later in the 17th century on Venetian maps as Dolcigno Vecchio. Stari Ulcinj was propably fortified during the Medieval period, although it was already settled earlier.
Susjed Place (MD ZHSvS., 178 - Susit Honagust castello).
Svač Place (VĐ ŽSN., 31; AA II, 205 (47) - gradь Svačь; de Suaçio).
Sveti Stefan Place The fortified settlment on the Island of Sveti Stefan was probably first mentioned in 1442 after Stefan Vukčić seized control over Gornje Zeta. The Island was sieged by the Turks and traded with Venice.
Tophala Fortress Place The Tophala fortress was located on the Tophala island and is part of a defense system in the Lake Skadar.
Traiectus Place Traiectus can not be satisfactorily localised. Mijović/Kovačević suggest a localisation in the Bay of Kotor or as Herceg Novi.
Ulcinj Place The medieval Ulcinj was the relocated successor to the roman Ulcinium, although it is not known when or why the town was relocated further south. Despite the relocation of the town, the old akropolis was still inhabited and part of the towns defensive structures. Other parts of the Walls were the "torre delle Madona" and the bastion S. Domenico. The Venetians renovated the town in 1429 and after an earthquake in 1444. The Walls war still called ancient in 1553 (FŠ LPD., 306; Vm Lj., 54; VĐ ŽSN., 31 - Ecaterum, Dulcignum; grad(ь) Lьcinь).
Žabjak (1) Place (SLj List. X, 153 - al castello de Zabiach; GSUD XLVII, 229 - pisahь u Zabjakъ).
Žanjica, Mala Gospa Place The Church Mala Gospa is a small fortified church on an island near to the coast of Žanjica.