Cetinje, Montenegro

Cetinje is the former royal capital of Montenegro and still to this day the seat of the country's President. Especially between 1878 and 1914 the city flourished as capital of the freshly independent Montenegro. Many modern buildings were constructed during that time. Shown on the card is the Royal National Theatre.

The stamp shows the mascot of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.

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27th June 2022: Durmitor National Park, Montenegro

Durmitor is a massif located in northwestern Montenegro. In 1952 the Durmitor National Park was created, which is since 1980 on the UNESCO World Heritage List. 

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23rd June 2022: Kotor, Montenegro

Kotor is a coastal town and was for centuries an important trade and military centre. Nowadays it is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Montenegro. The city is actually twice on the UNESCO World Heritage List, once as part of the Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor (1979) and the other time as one of the Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar (2017).

The stamp celebrates the Accession of Montenegro to the NATO (issued 05-06-2017).

Thank You very much Marcel!

Montenegro and World War I

On 25th August I got my stamp order from Montenegro, which included a maxicard and a stamp about World War I. The maxicard about the Battle of Mojkovac was issued on 9th February 2016 and the stamp about the Battle Cruiser Sankt Georg was issued on 25th January 2018.

The Kingdom of Montenegro entered World War I on 7th August 1914. After the war it became a part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

After the Kingdom of Serbia was defeated by the Central Powers and after the remnants of the Serbian army had withdrawn through Montenegro and Albania to Italy and later to Corfu, the Austro-Hungarian Empire also turned towards Montenegro. At the end of the Montenegrin Campaign, that was fought between the 5th and the 17th January 1916, Montenegro was defeated and occupied by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. 

The Battle of Mojkovac was fought on 6th and 7th January and is probably the most famous battle of the campaign. Although the Montenegrin army won the battle, this could not prevent the final defeat, but still gave the Serbian army more time for their retreat.

The SMS Sankt Georg was an armored cruiser of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. On 1st February 1918 the Cattaro Mutiny began on this ship, that was later joined by sailors from around 40 other Austro-Hungarian ships in the Cattaro naval base. The sailors had grown weary of the war and the long periods of inactivity and demanded a better treatment, political change and an imminent peace, but already on 3rd February the mutiny was surpressed. The SMS Sankt Georg was decommissioned after the mutiny and awarded to Britain as a war prize after the war. In 1920 it was scrapped.

Montenegro: Millennium Bridge in Podgorica

On Friday I got two cards: my first card from Montenegro and one from Malaysia.

Montenegro is a country in Southeastern Europe bordering on Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo and Albania. In 2006 the country declared its independence from the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the federation of Montenegro and Serbia established in 1992. It is a candidate negotiating to join the European Union.

The card shows the Millennium Bridge in Podgorica. Podgorica is the capital and largest city of Montenegro. Between 1946 and 1992 it was known as Titograd. The Millennium Bridge is one of the city's most prominent landmarks and became a symbol of Montenegro's increase in prosperity.

With a nice stamp:
EUROPA (from set of two) (issued 02-04-2008)

Thank You very much Anna!