SLIDE 1 My country MONTENEGRO: “Crna Gora je i morska pjena i sniježna prašina, igra kamenih litica i sunovrat potoka...” “Montenegro is the sea foam, snow dust and a dance of steep cliffs and headlong streams...”
Veljko Vlahović
Mirjana Djurovic
Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship College of Education Pennsylvania State University October 8, 2009
SLIDE 2 Montenegro
- Location: South East Europe, Balkan Peninsula
- Size:
13,820 km2
- Population
- ver 630,000
- Name Through History: Duklja.. Zeta.. Crna Gora
- Relief &Climate zones : mountains, continental,
moderate – mediteranenan, and coastal
- Rivers & lakes: canyons, glacial lakes,
- National parks and sites: Durmitor, Lovćen, Biogradska
Gora, Skadar lake,
- People, language, religion & education
- National Custom, instrument, furniture, currency and food
- Famous artists and anecdotes
SLIDE 3 Montenegro has size
SLIDE 4 Names of Montenegro through history:
Prevalitana
Doklea (settled by Slavic)
- 1042-1360 Zeta and dynasty of Nemanjići
- 1430
Crna Gora (Montenegro)
Montenegro recognized as 27th country in the world
Kingdom of Montenegro
within Kingdom of Serbia
in Kingdom of Yugoslavia – Zetska Banovina
SFRY- Republic of Montenegro
Serbia & Montenegro
Crna Gora -Montenegro
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Flags of Montenegro
SLIDE 6 Area of Montenegro was the
- nly free and independent part
during Ottoman empire Old Montenegro “Obod”, the1st Cyrillic printing house on Balkan, established in 1494 in Cetinje and the Book of Psalm (Oktoih) was the 1st printed edition
SLIDE 7 High mountains with sub alpine climate, cold and snow winters and moderate summers with average temperature of 8°C, Plain of the Central Montenegro with modified mediterranean climate with average annual temperature of 5-25°C The high Dinaric mountains of Orjen, Lovcen and Rumija rise steeply from the sea, with continental climate seacoast with coastal climate having dry summers and mild, rainy winters
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Mountains of Montenegro
SLIDE 9 Area of high limestone mountains, caves, holes, fields, swallys, plains
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Montenegro is the 1st world proclaimed ecological state, in Zabljak 1991
SLIDE 11 Canyon of Tara River
1st in Europe, 2nd in the world (78 km in length and 1,300 meters in depth )
National Park Durmitor under UNESCO protection
SLIDE 12 Rijeka Crnojevića
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Ada & River Bojana
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National Park: Skadar lake 40 species of fish and 264 species of birds
SLIDE 16 2833 vegetative species or 25% of European spices
SLIDE 17 Boka
Risan Tivat Kotor
Bay
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Kotor
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Risan- Roman mosaic
SLIDE 21 Herceg Novi
Herceg Novi
Manastir Savina
SLIDE 22 Budva and Sveti Stefan
SLIDE 23 Bar Ulcinj Stari Bar i Rumija “Stara maslina” (Old oliv tree) in Bar
SLIDE 24 Settlements in the North
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Podgorica, the capital
SLIDE 26 Typical village in the central area
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Cetinje, the old capital
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Royal theater – Zetski dom
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Summer stage
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King Nikola’s palace – Museum
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House of government - National museum
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Blue castel – Plavi dvorac -Museum
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Former British Embassy - Music Academy
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Former French Embassy – Drama faculty
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Former Serbian Embassy- Ethnographical museum
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Former Russian Embassy – Art Accademy
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Former Bulgarian Embassy- now cafe
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Former Italian Embassy – Central National Library
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Former Austrian Embassy- Military building
SLIDE 40 Lovćenska Vila and Vlash Church
Memorial to Ivan Crnojević
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Njegoš’s House- Museum Biljarda
SLIDE 42 Lovćen and memorial of Petar II Petrovic Njegoš, bishop, ruler, philosoph and poet
SLIDE 43 Monastery of St. Petar
Cetinjski
Particle of the Blessed Cross Divinity Icon of Holy Mother Filermosa Right Hand of St. John Baptist
SLIDE 44 Ostrog Monastery
carved out of a vertical mountainside
Bishop of Herzegovina known as St. Vasilije of Ostrog,
Orthodox Christians, Catholics and Muslims
SLIDE 45 National Structure of Montenegro
43% 33% 6% 8% 4% 1% 5%
Montengrin 43% Serb 33% Albanian 6% Bosnian 8% Muslim 4% Croat 1% Others 5%
Average age of the population is 35,9 (male 34,8 & fimale 37,0)
SLIDE 46 Religion in Montenegro
74% 18% 4% 2% 1% 1% 0% Orthodox 74% Islam 18% Catholic 4% Not declared 2% No religious 1% Unknown 1% Other relig. 0,46%
SLIDE 47 Mother Language in Montenegro
64% 23% 5% 6% 1 % 0% 1 %
Serbian Montenegrin Albanian Bosnian Croatian Roma Other languages
SLIDE 48 Educational Level for population above 15 2% 14% 22% 48% 12% 2% Iliterate 2 Uncompleted
Elementary school 22 Secondary school 48 University 12 Unnown 2
SLIDE 49 Marko Miljanov Popović (1833-1901)
“Bravery is defending yourself from others and humanity is defending
jatagan kubura
SLIDE 50 GUSLE - National instrument
single-string violin
SLIDE 51 ORO - folk dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3urdWgafYI&feature=related
CRNOGORSKO KOLO
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National costumes
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Perper
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Dinar Euro
SLIDE 55 Furiture in the village house
Fireplace-OGNJIŠTE primitive stove-SAČ pot hanging on a chain- KOTAO I VERIGE
SLIDE 56 food
sour cream - kajmak carp, trout and eel cheese in olive oil smoked ham mushrooms both cow's and sheep's cheese smoked mutton ham smoked ham smoked mutton ham smoked ham smoked mutton ham
SLIDE 57 MNE export
Montenegrin Grape Brandy : Loza, Kruna, Prvijenac Red Wines: Vranac, Cabernet, Merlot, Vranac Pro Corde White Wines: Krstac, Chardonnay
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Famous artists of Montenegro
SLIDE 59
Anecdote
I am here, jogging