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Fortress built on a small island with the same name at the entrance of Kotor Bay, that makes up about 90% of the surface area of the island. These fortifications were built in 1853 by Austro-Hungarian general Lazar Mamula to defend Kotor Bay. During the Second World War, the fortress was converted into an Alcatraz-style concentration camp by Italian fascist forces lead by Benito Mussolini, but after the war it fell in disuse. Since 2016 the fortress houses a hotel.
Mamula, also known colloquially as Lastavica, is an uninhabited islet in the Adriatic Sea, within the southwestern Montenegrin municipality of Herceg Novi.
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Crkva rođenja presvete Bogorodice
Cultural heritage site of Montenegro, built in 1783.
submarine tunnels
A legacy of the Yugoslav Navy, these two submarine pens were designed to provide shelter to a submarine guarding Kotor Bay. The deep bay in combination with calm waters offers ideal naval conditions for submarine defences. The pen entrance has iron struts covered with styrofoam that could swing towards each other to close off the entrance and camouflage the location by making it look like a scree slope from the air. Laying in ambush, submarines would then wait for enemy ships to pass by on their way to Kotor to engage them. The pens were constructed in the 1950s but never saw battle, and their role ended when the Yugoslav Navy disbanded in 1992. The two tunnels are about 700 m apart and connected by a hiking trail.
Цитадела
Survived many naval battles, but finally tumbled into the sea during a devastating earthquake in 1979. Remains of the citadel can be visited, though in present times there isn't much left to admire. The remains can also be seen from on top of Forte Mare, saving the walk.
Built in 1382, the fortress is the main attraction of this town. It regularly shows films at night.
Spomenik Herojima Pomorskih bitaka na Jadranu
Monument to seamen fighting naval battles on the Adriatic Sea. On display are a number of cannons, anchors, and other naval relics.
Medieval watchtower.