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BASIC INFORMATION

About the city

Tivat is the newest and smallest municipality in the Bay of Kotor. As an urban complex its significant growth and development began at the end of the nineteenth century. It covers about 46 km2 and includes many coastal villages in the vicinity, and there are approximately 13,000 residents. The size and age of this beautiful town of Boka certainly do not diminish its importance. On the territory of Tivat is the main airport in Montenegro. A place where every year tens of thousands of tourists from all around the world has its first encounter with Montenegro. In Tivat there are several good hotels and places for entertainment, many restaurants and bars, be sure to visit the summer house Buca and drink coffee on the waterfront of Tivat, and only then start exploring the surrounding areas that offer a lot. From mountain hikes through rural tourism visits to the islands and the entire marine experience.
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Tivat has a very good position, close to the airport, the border with Croatia and Bosnia as well as other cities in the region of Kotor, Herceg Novi, Budva. With the ancient city of Kotor Tivat is connected by a tunnel underneath Vrmac Hill, and those who like to enjoy the beauty of old stone houses and the landscape of the Bay of Tivat to Kotor can follow an old road through Lepetane, Stoliv, Prcanj, Muo. If you decide for the coastal atmosphere, right in the vicinity of Tivat are Krasići, Radovici, Plavi Horizonti, and many other beaches that will leave you breathless, and from Radovići or Krašić you can continue through the olive groves in Lustica. In the vicinity of Tivat there are several beautiful islands: Ostrvo cvijeća (Island of Flowers), St. Marko and Gospa od Milosrđa (Our Lady of Mercy)

History

There are three different opinions for the theory about origin of the name Tivat. According the first, the name Tivat is derived from the name of the Illyrian Queen Teuta, who at one time had her capital in Risan, perhaps the summer houses near the present site of Tivat. According to another opinion, the name could be derived from the names of Christian saints, such as sanctus Theodorus, Theodosius, Theodotus, Theodulus or medieval (XII c.) Theudo, Theodore. The third opinion is set out very briefly and without much explanation. According to this opinion, the name comes from the Celtic word “touto” meaning city. In the history of Boka Kotorska clearly distinguish the following periods: Illyrian, Roman, Byzantine, Serbian, Turkish and Venetian-Austrian. Bay of Tivat coast has gone through all these periods and the evidences are many archaeological findings and the existing monuments of ancient architecture and written historical sources. For the Illyrian period which ended in 168-7. BC with the collapse of Illyrian state we have a small number of archaeological finds. The Roman period is much richer. According to some older literature, in the area Boboviste (Kalardovo today) there was an ancient city. It was thought to be also the site of the old Akruvijum (Acruvium). Such opinions still exist, but are not always linked to Bobovište but also for other sites in the near or distant vicinity of Tivat. The period of Serbian rule begins at the end of 1185 in Kotor. From then until 1370, Kotor and its District are located within the Serbian medieval state of Nemanjići. In the XIII c. in Prevlaka near Tivat, Sv. Sava, when he joined the founding of the Serbian church, appointed chair of Zeta bishops and the remains of the Benedictine monastery built a monastery dedicated to St.. Archangel Michael. In 1420 The Venetian Republic took Kotor distriht and peninsula Luštica along with Prevlaka. The period from the arrival of the Venetians until the end of XVIII c. is characterized by frequent conflicts between them and the Turks. Very important turning point in the history of Boka Kotorska was the fall of the Venetian Republic in 1797. Then began a long period of nearly twenty years in which were a lot of rule changes in the Bay until finally in 1814 came Austria and stayed there until its collapse in 1918. Tivat began to develop as a town at the end of XIX c. when he established military seaport Arsenal. Until the construction of Arsenal in Tivat land holdings were mostly in the hands of the feudal aristocracy from Prcanj, Perast, Kotor and Dobrota. Today the modern city of Tivat is oriented to development of tourism as a prior activity. CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS JU “Cultural Centre” Tivat Ul.Nikole Djurković bb Headquarters – 032 674 587 Management – 032 674 590 Library – 032 674 588 Gallery 032/674-591 E-mail: czk-tivat@t-com.me www.czktivat.me

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