My country :

“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 Montenegro

• Location: South East Europe, Balkan Peninsula • Size: 13,820 km2 • Population over 630,000 • Name Through History: .. .. 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, & education • National Custom, instrument, furniture, currency and food • Famous artists and anecdotes Montenegro has size of 0,14% of Erupe Names of Montenegro through history:

• IV Prevalitana • VII Doklea (settled by Slavic) • 1042-1360 Zeta and dynasty of Nemanjići • 1430 Crna Gora (Montenegro) • 1878 Montenegro recognized as 27th country in the world • 1910 • 1919 within Kingdom of Serbia • 1929-41 in – Zetska Banovina • 1945 SFRY- Republic of Montenegro • 2003 Serbia & Montenegro • 2006 Crna Gora -Montenegro Flags of Montenegro Old Montenegro

Area of Montenegro was the only free and independent part during Ottoman empire

“Obod”, the1st Cyrillic printing house on Balkan, established in 1494 in Cetinje and the Book of Psalm (Oktoih) was the 1st printed edition 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 seacoast with coastal sea, with continental climate climate having dry summers and mild, rainy winters Mountains of Montenegro Area of high limestone mountains, caves, holes, fields, swallys, plains Montenegro is the 1st world proclaimed ecological state, in Zabljak 1991 National Park Durmitor under UNESCO protection 1st in Europe, 2nd in the world (78 km in length and Canyon of Tara River 1,300 meters in depth ) Rijeka Crnojevića Ada & River Bojana Glacial lakes National Park: Skadar lake 40 species of fish and 264 species of birds 2833 vegetative species or 25% of European spices Herceg Novi

Risan

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Boka Bay

Tivat

Kotor Risan- Roman mosaic Krasici Herceg Novi

Herceg Novi

Manastir Savina Budva and Sveti Stefan “Stara maslina” (Old oliv tree) in Bar

Stari Bar i Rumija

Ulcinj Bar Settlements in the North of Montenegro , the capital Typical village in the central area Cetinje, the old capital Royal theater – Zetski dom Summer stage King Nikola’s palace – Museum House of government - National museum Blue castel – Plavi dvorac -Museum Former British Embassy - Music Academy Former French Embassy – Drama faculty Former Serbian Embassy- Ethnographical museum Former Russian Embassy – Art Accademy Former Bulgarian Embassy- now cafe Former Italian Embassy – Central National Library Former Austrian Embassy- Military building Lovćenska Vila and Vlash Church

Memorial to Ivan Crnojević Njegoš’s House- Museum Biljarda Lovćen and memorial of Petar II Petrovic Njegoš, bishop, ruler, philosoph and poet Monastery of St. Petar Cetinjski Right Hand of St. John Baptist

Particle of the Blessed Cross Divinity

Icon of Holy Mother Filermosa

• Ostrog monastery was carved out of a vertical mountainside

• Founded by Vasilije, the Bishop of Herzegovina known as St. Vasilije of Ostrog,

• center of pilgrimage for Orthodox Christians, Catholics and National Structure of Montenegro 33% 6% Montengrin 43% 8% Serb 33% Albanian 6% 4% Bosnian 8% 1% Muslim 4% Croat 1% 5% Others 5%

43% Average age of the population is 35,9 (male 34,8 & fimale 37,0)

Orthodox 74% 18% 18% Catholic 4% 74% Not declared 2% No religious 1% Unknown 1% 4% Other relig. 0,46% 2% 1% 0%1% Mother Language in Montenegro 23%

5% 6% 1% Serbian 0% Montenegrin 1% Albanian Bosnian Croatian Roma Other languages

64% Educational Level for population above 15

48% Iliterate 2 12% Uncompleted 2% El. School 14 Elementary 2% school 22 Secondary school 48 14% University 12 Unnown 2 22% “Bravery is defending yourself from others and humanity is defending others from yourself“.

Marko Miljanov Popović (1833-1901) jatagan kubura GUSLE - National instrument

single-string violin ORO - folk dance

CRNOGORSKO KOLO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3urdWgafYI&feature=related National costumes Perper Dinar Euro Furiture in the village house

Fireplace-OGNJIŠTE

primitive stove-SAČ

pot hanging on a chain- KOTAO I VERIGE both cow's and sheep's cheese

sour cream - kajmak food

cheese in olive oil smoked ham smoked mutton ham

carp, trout and eel mushrooms MNE export

Montenegrin White Red Wines: Grape Wines: Vranac, Brandy : Krstac, Cabernet, Loza, Kruna, Chardonnay Merlot, Prvijenac Vranac Pro Corde Famous artists of Montenegro Anecdote

I am here, jogging