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The city of Herceg Novi is a port town located near the entrance of the Bay of Kotor and at the foot of Mt. Orjen. The city was once part of the Republic of Venice, Yugoslavia and now part of Montenegro.

Kotor and Kotorska (Kotor Bay), Montenegro, is an inlet of the Adriatic sea that's like a San Francisco Bay behind a San Francisco Bay, but much smaller. There are neat ancient walled cities and villages along its shore worth exploring.

Krušivcie, Montenegro, is a small hill town about 15 km above the port city of Herceg Novi. Off the beaten path, this village is the home of the Dabovich family. The Dabovich family immigrated to San Francisco in the middle of the 19th century during Gold Rush times. They gave birth to a son who would become Archimandrite Sebastian Dabović, first American born Serbian Orthodox priest, missionary and founder of St. Sava Church, Jackson, Calif., first Serbian Orthodox Church consecrated in the Western Hemisphere. Descendants of the Dabović family continue to live in the village.

From Wikipedia--Lovćen national park is Njegoš's Mausoleum. The location for his burial place and the mausoleum at the summit of Jezerski vrh was chosen by Njegoš himself as his last wish. However, Njegoš's express wish was to be buried in a small chapel which he had built in his lifetime. This was done, but the original chapel was destroyed when the Austro-Hungarian army invaded Montenegro in First World War (1916). Njegoš's remains were then transferred into Cetinje Monastery and buried in the chapel rebuilt by King Alexander in 1920s. Contrary to Njegoš's express wishes to be buried in that chapel, the then communist powers of Montenegro destroyed the chapel and built in its stead a monumental mausoleum in Viennese Secession style. The local Bishopric (Mitropolija) of the Serbian Orthodox Church opposed the destruction and even took the matter to the Constitutional Court, albeit with no success. The design was that of Ivan Meštrović who, although world-famous, had never set foot on Lovćen.

13th century monastery of Morača, Montenegro, founded in 1252 by Stefan Vukanović on the river of the same name. The church is of the Rascian style and the gem is not the main church devoted to the Assumption of Theotokos (Mary), but the smaller chapel and its frescoes, depicting the life of the prophet St. Elias that date to the 13th century.

Stari Bar (Old Bar), is a small town near the coast in Montenegro that was once a part of the Byzantine Empire, Republic of Venice, Ottoman Empire and now is part of Montenegro. The old fortess dates back to the 11th century and perhaps older.