Cetinje - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Create account Log in Ads by PriceMinus Article Talk Read Edit View history Search Go Cetinje From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Coordinates: 42.38°N 18.92°E Main page Contents Featured content This article has multiple issues. Please help [hide] Current events improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. Random article This article relies largely or entirely upon a single Donate to Wikipedia source. (February 2012) Wikipedia store This article includes a list of references , but its sources Interaction remain unclear because it has insufficient inline Help citations. (March 2014) About Wikipedia Community portal Cetinje (Montenegrin : Cetinje, Цетиње; Cetinje Recent changes (pronounced [ t͡sětiɲe]) is a city and Old Royal Capital Цетиње Contact page of Montenegro . It is also a historical and the Tools secondary capital of Montenegro (Приjестоница / What links here Prijestonica), with the official residence of the Related changes President of Montenegro . It had a population of Upload file 13,991 as of 2011.[1] Special pages Flag Permanent link It is the centre of Cetinje Municipality (population Page information 16,757 in 2011). The city nestles on a small karst Coat of arms Wikidata item plain surrounded by limestone mountains, including Cite this page Mt. Lovćen, the Black Mountain from which Print/export Montenegro gets its name. Create a book Download as PDF Cetinje is a town of immense historical heritage, Printable version founded in the 15th century. It became the center of Montenegrin life and both a cradle of Montenegrin Languages culture and an Orthodox religious center. It is العربية Azərbaycanca because of its heritage as a long-term Montenegrin Беларуская capital that it is today the honorary capital of Беларуская Montenegro. Cetinje (тарашкевіца)‎ Български Contents [hide] Bosanski 1 Name Brezhoneg 2 History Čeština 3 Geography Location of Cetinje Dansk 4 Climate Coordinates: 42.38°N 18.92°E Deutsch Eesti 5 Architecture and urban heritage Country Montenegro 6 Population Municipality Cetinje Ελληνικά Status Old Royal Capital Español 7 Main sights http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetinje[5/15/2015 6:56:12 PM] Cetinje - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Esperanto 8 Infrastructure and economy projects Founded 15th century Euskara 8.1 Public works Settlements 94 Promotion Government 8.2 فارسی Français 9 Culture • Mayor Aleksandar Bogdanović Galego 9.1 Printing houses in Cetinje (DPS ) 한국어 9.2 Libraries Area Հայերեն 9.3 Museums • Total 910 km 2 (350 sq mi) Hrvatski 9.4 Religion Elevation 650 m (2,130 ft) Bahasa Indonesia 9.5 Festivals Population (2003 census) Ирон 10 Sports • Total 15,137 Italiano 10.1 Football • Density 20/km 2 (50/sq mi) Handball • Municipality 18,482 10.2 עברית 10.3 Basketball Time zone CET (UTC+1 ) Latviešu 10.4 Other sports • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2 ) Lietuvių 10.5 Venues Postal code 81250 Magyar 11 Transport Area code +382 41 Македонски 12 Local administration of Old Royal Capital Bahasa Melayu ISO 3166-2 code ME-06 Cetinje Car plates CT Nederlands 12.1 Administrative and operational bodies 日本語 Website http://www.cetinje.me/ 12.2 City Parliament Нохчийн Norsk bokmål 12.3 Local subdivisions Norsk nynorsk 12.4 Settlements Polski 13 International relations Português 13.1 Twin towns – Sister cities Română 14 Notable people Русский 15 See also Shqip 16 References Slovenčina 17 External links Slovenščina Court Church in Cetinje Словѣньскъ / Name [edit] Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / In Montenegrin and Serbian the town is known as Цетинѣ / српскохрватски Cetině (archaic) or Цетиње / Cetinje (modern); in Italian as Suomi Cettigne ; in Spanish as Cetiña ; in Greek as Κετίγνη Svenska (Ketígni ); in Turkish as Çetince ; and in Albanian as Cetina . ไทย Türkçe Українська History [edit] Vepsän kel’ The founding of Cetinje was conditioned by the historical, 中文 Cetinje Monastery. Edit links political, and economic background in the 15th century. Wars of conquest led by the Turks forced Ivan Crnojević, the ruler of Zeta at that time, to move the capital of his country from the fortified town of Žabljak to the inaccessible parts, to Obod in 1475, and soon after it at the foot of Mt. Lovćen. In the field of Cetinje in 1482 his court was built and two years later the monastery was built as well. By building the court and the monastery a new capital was founded. Its name was Cetinje. It was named after the River Cetina that runs through it. The new monastery became the domicile of the Zeta metropolitan. So, Cetinje turned out to be not only the center of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetinje[5/15/2015 6:56:12 PM] Cetinje - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia secular life but also the spiritual center where Đurađ Crnojević, the son to Ivan Crnojević, founded the first printing house in the Slavic South. Coat of arms of Cetinje until 1945. Rapid progress of Cetinje under the rule of the Crnojević dynasty was interrupted at the very end of the 15th century. Actually, Zeta lost its independence in 1499 so the only free part of the country, which was called Montenegro since then, was reduced to a mountainous territory between Crnojević River and The Bay of Kotor. In the next two centuries Cetinje stagnated in its development. It was very often under the attack of Venice and the Turks. So, in the 16th and 17th century Cetinje was exposed to tough temptations. In this period the court and the monastery of the Crnojevići dynasty were destroyed. It was only by the end of the 17th century, in 1697, that Cetinje began to flourish again under the rule of the Petrović dynasty and Danilo Petrović as its founder. Leading the liberation wars and strengthening the unity in the country preoccupied Danilo and his successors. They didn’t have enough time to dedicate to the building of Cetinje. It was Vlaška Church only during the rule of Petar II Petrović Njegoš that the remarkable progress has been made. In 1838 his new royal residence called Biljarda (Billiard house) was built. Cetinje was enlarged by building new houses that gradually led to urbanization. Montenegrin independence was recognized by the decision of the Berlin Congress (1878) and so Cetinje became the capital of a European country. Many modern buildings designed for foreign consulates were built due to the newly established relations with various European countries. The buildings of the French , Russian , British, Italian and Austro- Hungarian consulates are regarded as the most beautiful of these. Cetinje made great progress under the rule of Prince Nikola I Petrović when numerous public edifices were built. Those include the first hotel, called ‘Lokanda’, then the new Prince’s palace, the Girls’ Institute and the hospital. This period also saw the first tenancy houses. In the 1860 report Cetinja had 34 households. Cetinje was captured by the Ottoman Omar Pasha 's forces during the Montenegrin–Ottoman War of 1861– 62, but this Ottoman rule did not last. Montenegro was proclaimed a kingdom in 1910. This had a great effect on Cetinje's development. At this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetinje[5/15/2015 6:56:12 PM] Cetinje - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia time the Government House, the symbol of state power, was built. The population census from the same year recorded a massive growth in the world's smallest capital, registering 5,895 inhabitants. Between 1878 and 1914 Cetinje flourished in every sense. Many renowned intellectuals from other South- Slavic parts came to stay there and made a contribution to the cultural, educational and every other aspect of life. At the time between the two World Wars , Cetinje expanded its territory, as it was now a centre of the Zeta region. But when it was decided by the Parliament of Montenegro that the administrative organs should be located in Titograd (previously and presently Podgorica ), Cetinje went through a harsh crisis. By building certain industrial sections and at the same time neglecting the development of the city's traditional and potential cultural and tourist capacities, the chance to create a strong basis for more solid prosperity was lost. Geography [edit] Cetinje is situated in the karst field (Cetinje field), of about 7 km2, with average height above sea level of 671 m. It is 12 km (7 mi) of airline far from Adriatic Sea and 15 km (9 mi) from Skadar Lake. Now, it is on the main road Podgorica-Cetinje-Budva, which makes it open to the inside of Montenegro and Montenegrin coast. Climate [edit] Cetinje has middling continental climate, with dry and warm summers, temperature of approximately 20 °C (68 °F)., and mild and wet winters with temperature of approximately 2.1 °C (35.8 °F). Average temperature on the yearly basis is about 11 °C (51.8 °F), with yearly amplitude of 20.1 °C (68 °F). Cetinje is well known by plentiful precipitations during spring and autumn, and it is one of the rainiest towns in Europe with about 4,000 mm (157 in) of water sediment on the yearly basis. Even beside enormous precipitations, Cetinje field and its surrounding do not have water flows on the surface and it has rare water sources. This is the consequence of karst configuration and geologic structure. Architecture and urban heritage [edit] The onset and development of Cetinje, as a relatively young city, with its old historical core draws a lot of attention to urban and architectural heritage, on its construction and development influenced stormy historical, social and economic events in the country. Cetinje, as a settlement has existed for 500 years, which is not much compared to the development of the coastal agglomeration of the ancient period in the immediate surrounding.