On a very attractive position, between mountains and the entrance in one of the most beautiful bays in the world Boka – Bay, lies Herceg Novi, the youngest medieval town in the Adriatic. With Kamenari ends famous Herceg Novi Riviera, which attracts with its attractiveness, regardless of whether in the Boka Kotorska Bay you come by boat or you drive by Adriatic highway. Nedelja from 1704 which was built on the hill above Kamenari. In Kamenari there are more religious monuments and the most important is the church of St. During the summer period it works non-stop, while in winter period till 22,00 h. Today Kamenari are best known for the ferry «Catara». After that, the people of Perast and Kotor in order to ensure against sudden pirate incursions, in the narrowest part of the strait, have developed from one coast to the other shore an iron chain-Verige. The name comes from unwilling event from 1624, when the pirates from North Africa sailed into the Bay and then ravaged the city of Perast. Verige Strait is only 350 meters wide and it is the narrowest strait in the Boka Bay. Herceg Novi Riviera includes the settlements Njivice, Igalo, city of Herceg Novi, Meljine, Zelenika, Kumbor, Djenovici, Baosici, Bijela and Kamenari which are located on 15 kilometers from Herceg Novi on the beginning of the Verige strait. Lustica is famous for its olives, olive oil, prosciutto, cheese and the brandy. Lustica peninsula has an extraordinarily lavish, 35 km long coastline and there are some of the most attractive tourist sites and beaches are such as: Rose, Zanjice, Miriste, Arza and Dobrec. Its highest point is the hill Obosnik 582 m. It covers an area of 47 km 2 and it is 13 km long. Lustica peninsula is located at the right of the entrance of the Bay of Kotor. On the nautical charts this small island is called also Lastavica and together with the fortress Arza, which is about 1 nautical miles away from the fortress Mamula and fortress Prevlaka, on Cape Ostra (Croatia) was used as shield undesirable entrance to the Bay. Mamula island is named after the Austrian general and governor of Dalmatia Lazar Mamula, which in the mid-nineteenth century is built a fortress Mamula. Island – Fortress «Mamula» was built on a small island, circular shape with a diameter of about 200 meters, surrounded by lots of agaves and with low vegetation. At the entrance to the Bay of Boka Kotorska from where beginning the territorial waters of Montenegro, and whose natural border make Cape Ostra with the left side and the island-fortress Mamula and Lustica peninsula on the right side is located Riviera of Herceg Novi, which stretches in the length of 15 km.
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