Kotor, Montenegro Photo Gallery
I got up early and was on the front of the ship for these photos. The Kotor Bay forms a 30 kilometer long fjord, which is not really a fjord, but a collapsed river canyon.
We passed this little village on the sail into Kotor.
It's a two-hour sail up a deep canyon to get to Kotor and the views along the way are spectacular.
Our Lady of the Rocks-Legend says sailors dropped stones here for safe travel which built this island, and is ongoing to this day. Every year on July 22, a flotilla of local boats head out to drop more piles of stone around the island.
The bells of churches reverberate between sheer cliffs on both sides of the ship and the scene is framed by dramatic mountain peaks beyond them.
This tiny village was high on the mountain. I don't know how they get there.
I wonder if that's a church high on the hill. I did hear that churches would watch for danger from above and then rings the bells to warn the people.
More stunning views! This gorge is so beautiful!
We had to take tenders (little boats) to get ashore, so this photo is from the tender.
Marine Gate-the Main City Gate to the ancient town was built in 1555 AD.
A sculpture inside the gate tunnel. I explored this old town by myself and had the best time.
The city clock tower.
The Cathedral of Saint Tryphon is one of two Roman Catholic cathedrals in Montenegro. There are many churches in this little old town and I think that I visited almost all of them.
A beautiful marble altar in the Cathedral of Saint Tryphon.
Inside the Cathedral of Saint Tryphon.
I visited a museum in this church and saw this a sash from the crucifix of St. Mary's Church made of gold, precious and semi-precious stones, and made in 1688.
A view of the town from the church's 2nd floor.
The Montenegrin Orthodox Church.
This is inside this tiny church.
They had a copy of the Shroud of Turin, the burial shroud used to wrap the body of Jesus.
The gate to St. John's Fortress from the 17th century.
An old cobblestone road leading up the mountain towards St. John's Fortress. The hike all the way there is 1350 stairs. I decided not to do this.
Since I had gone a little way up I took a photo looking over the town.
Going out the gate to St. John's Fortress.
The Church of St. Mary of the Sea was built in 1221 in place of an older structure from the VI century.
Looking up towards St John's Fortress.
The old city wall.
The Church of Our Lady of Remedy is a Roman Catholic church which dates back to the early 16th century. It was built in honor of Virgin Mary by the locals as a sign of appreciation for protection from the plague.
The city wall and bastion.
Bell tower of an Orthodox Church.
Church of St. Nicholas Domes.
Three different church towers in one photo. Like I said before, there are many churches in this small town.
A pretty wall and gate.
Monastery and Church of St. Clare-the baroque altar decorated with statues of St. Clare and St. Francis.
I love the narrow streets of the town.
The Church of St. Luke belongs to the Serbian Orthodox Church. The Byzantine and Gothic architecture was built in 1195.
The Church of St. Nicholas is a Serbian Orthodox church built from 1902 to 1909.
Inside St. Nicholas Orthodox Church.
Also, inside St. Nicholas Orthodox Church.
A nice door and window on a lonely street.
Looks like a very old window shutter.
They love cats here, which roam all over town. They even have a cat museum.
More ruins of St John's Fortress.
The fort wall all the way to the water.
Gurdic Bastion on the city walls built in 1470 AD.
A cat stretched out like the vines.
Walking on the city walls.
Bastion Corner section of the wall built at the end of the 17th century.
This cat has taken over the table.
St John's Fortress.