http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/ News Channel for City Photos http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4702_sunset.htm <p><a href="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4702_sunset.htm"><img src="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/photos/4702%20sunset%20thumbnail.jpg" width="100" height="76" border="0" alt="Sunset in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" title="Sunset in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" align="left"></a>Perast, a now small town, lies about eleven km from Kotor, beneath the hill of St.Elijah (873 m), on a cape that separates the bay of Risan from the bay of Kotor (two smaller bays within the Boka Kotorska) and overlooks the Verige strait, the narrowest part of Boka. The average yearly temperature in Perasto is 18.3C, and the number of sunny days is 240. Near Perast there are two small islands: one is called St.George island (it is closed for visitors and there&#039;s a Catholic monastery on it, and a small graveyard where many known seamen are buried), and the other called Gospa od Skrpjela (Our Lady of the Rock), and each of them has a picturesque chapel. Gospa od Skrpjela (originally called in venetian &#034;Madonna dello Scarpello&#034;) is particularly interesting given that it is the only artificially built island in the Adriatic, with an area of 3,030 sq.m - it was built upon a rock (Skrpjel) after two venetian sailors from Perast found a picture of the Virgin Mary on it in 1452. Each year on 22 November people come here on ornately decorated boats and bring new stones to add to the island. The church keeps votive silver figures donated mostly by seamen. There&#039;s a small museum in the church, too. Venice owned the city between 1420 and 1797. Perast (called Perasto in the venetian language, spoken officially there until the nineteenth century) was part of the Albania Veneta. The city&#039;s sixteen Baroque palaces were mostly built in this period, too, as were its seventeen Catholic churches and two Orthodox churches. The old city does not have a defensive wall, but instead it has nine defensive towers, the most important of which is the tower of the Holy Cross. These were built by the navy of the Venetian Republic in the 15th and 16th centuries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perast http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=42.486356&amp;lon=18.697293&amp;z=16&amp;l=1&amp;m=h&amp;v=2.<br> Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.</p><br clear="all"> Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:44:32 +0000 http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4701_marina.htm <p><a href="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4701_marina.htm"><img src="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/photos/4701%20marina%20thumbnail.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0" alt="marina in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" title="marina in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" align="left"></a>Perast, a now small town, lies about eleven km from Kotor, beneath the hill of St.Elijah (873 m), on a cape that separates the bay of Risan from the bay of Kotor (two smaller bays within the Boka Kotorska) and overlooks the Verige strait, the narrowest part of Boka. The average yearly temperature in Perasto is 18.3C, and the number of sunny days is 240. Near Perast there are two small islands: one is called St.George island (it is closed for visitors and there&#039;s a Catholic monastery on it, and a small graveyard where many known seamen are buried), and the other called Gospa od Skrpjela (Our Lady of the Rock), and each of them has a picturesque chapel. Gospa od Skrpjela (originally called in venetian &#034;Madonna dello Scarpello&#034;) is particularly interesting given that it is the only artificially built island in the Adriatic, with an area of 3,030 sq.m - it was built upon a rock (Skrpjel) after two venetian sailors from Perast found a picture of the Virgin Mary on it in 1452. Each year on 22 November people come here on ornately decorated boats and bring new stones to add to the island. The church keeps votive silver figures donated mostly by seamen. There&#039;s a small museum in the church, too. Venice owned the city between 1420 and 1797. Perast (called Perasto in the venetian language, spoken officially there until the nineteenth century) was part of the Albania Veneta. The city&#039;s sixteen Baroque palaces were mostly built in this period, too, as were its seventeen Catholic churches and two Orthodox churches. The old city does not have a defensive wall, but instead it has nine defensive towers, the most important of which is the tower of the Holy Cross. These were built by the navy of the Venetian Republic in the 15th and 16th centuries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perast http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=42.486356&amp;lon=18.697293&amp;z=16&amp;l=1&amp;m=h&amp;v=2.<br> Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.</p><br clear="all"> Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:44:13 +0000 http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4700_checking_the_nets.htm <p><a href="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4700_checking_the_nets.htm"><img src="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/photos/4700%20checking%20the%20nets%20thumbnail.jpg" width="100" height="132" border="0" alt="checking the nets in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" title="checking the nets in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" align="left"></a>Perast, a now small town, lies about eleven km from Kotor, beneath the hill of St.Elijah (873 m), on a cape that separates the bay of Risan from the bay of Kotor (two smaller bays within the Boka Kotorska) and overlooks the Verige strait, the narrowest part of Boka. The average yearly temperature in Perasto is 18.3C, and the number of sunny days is 240. Near Perast there are two small islands: one is called St.George island (it is closed for visitors and there&#039;s a Catholic monastery on it, and a small graveyard where many known seamen are buried), and the other called Gospa od Skrpjela (Our Lady of the Rock), and each of them has a picturesque chapel. Gospa od Skrpjela (originally called in venetian &#034;Madonna dello Scarpello&#034;) is particularly interesting given that it is the only artificially built island in the Adriatic, with an area of 3,030 sq.m - it was built upon a rock (Skrpjel) after two venetian sailors from Perast found a picture of the Virgin Mary on it in 1452. Each year on 22 November people come here on ornately decorated boats and bring new stones to add to the island. The church keeps votive silver figures donated mostly by seamen. There&#039;s a small museum in the church, too. Venice owned the city between 1420 and 1797. Perast (called Perasto in the venetian language, spoken officially there until the nineteenth century) was part of the Albania Veneta. The city&#039;s sixteen Baroque palaces were mostly built in this period, too, as were its seventeen Catholic churches and two Orthodox churches. The old city does not have a defensive wall, but instead it has nine defensive towers, the most important of which is the tower of the Holy Cross. These were built by the navy of the Venetian Republic in the 15th and 16th centuries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perast http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=42.486356&amp;lon=18.697293&amp;z=16&amp;l=1&amp;m=h&amp;v=2.<br> Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.</p><br clear="all"> Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:56:23 +0000 http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4699_view_of_perast.htm <p><a href="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4699_view_of_perast.htm"><img src="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/photos/4699%20view%20of%20perast%20thumbnail.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0" alt="view of Perast in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" title="view of Perast in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" align="left"></a>Perast, a now small town, lies about eleven km from Kotor, beneath the hill of St.Elijah (873 m), on a cape that separates the bay of Risan from the bay of Kotor (two smaller bays within the Boka Kotorska) and overlooks the Verige strait, the narrowest part of Boka. The average yearly temperature in Perasto is 18.3C, and the number of sunny days is 240. Near Perast there are two small islands: one is called St.George island (it is closed for visitors and there&#039;s a Catholic monastery on it, and a small graveyard where many known seamen are buried), and the other called Gospa od Skrpjela (Our Lady of the Rock), and each of them has a picturesque chapel. Gospa od Skrpjela (originally called in venetian &#034;Madonna dello Scarpello&#034;) is particularly interesting given that it is the only artificially built island in the Adriatic, with an area of 3,030 sq.m - it was built upon a rock (Skrpjel) after two venetian sailors from Perast found a picture of the Virgin Mary on it in 1452. Each year on 22 November people come here on ornately decorated boats and bring new stones to add to the island. The church keeps votive silver figures donated mostly by seamen. There&#039;s a small museum in the church, too. Venice owned the city between 1420 and 1797. Perast (called Perasto in the venetian language, spoken officially there until the nineteenth century) was part of the Albania Veneta. The city&#039;s sixteen Baroque palaces were mostly built in this period, too, as were its seventeen Catholic churches and two Orthodox churches. The old city does not have a defensive wall, but instead it has nine defensive towers, the most important of which is the tower of the Holy Cross. These were built by the navy of the Venetian Republic in the 15th and 16th centuries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perast http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=42.486356&amp;lon=18.697293&amp;z=16&amp;l=1&amp;m=h&amp;v=2.<br> Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.</p><br clear="all"> Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:56:19 +0000 http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4698_evening.htm <p><a href="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4698_evening.htm"><img src="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/photos/4698%20evening%20thumbnail.jpg" width="100" height="72" border="0" alt="evening in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" title="evening in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" align="left"></a>Perast, a now small town, lies about eleven km from Kotor, beneath the hill of St.Elijah (873 m), on a cape that separates the bay of Risan from the bay of Kotor (two smaller bays within the Boka Kotorska) and overlooks the Verige strait, the narrowest part of Boka. The average yearly temperature in Perasto is 18.3C, and the number of sunny days is 240. Near Perast there are two small islands: one is called St.George island (it is closed for visitors and there&#039;s a Catholic monastery on it, and a small graveyard where many known seamen are buried), and the other called Gospa od Skrpjela (Our Lady of the Rock), and each of them has a picturesque chapel. Gospa od Skrpjela (originally called in venetian &#034;Madonna dello Scarpello&#034;) is particularly interesting given that it is the only artificially built island in the Adriatic, with an area of 3,030 sq.m - it was built upon a rock (Skrpjel) after two venetian sailors from Perast found a picture of the Virgin Mary on it in 1452. Each year on 22 November people come here on ornately decorated boats and bring new stones to add to the island. The church keeps votive silver figures donated mostly by seamen. There&#039;s a small museum in the church, too. Venice owned the city between 1420 and 1797. Perast (called Perasto in the venetian language, spoken officially there until the nineteenth century) was part of the Albania Veneta. The city&#039;s sixteen Baroque palaces were mostly built in this period, too, as were its seventeen Catholic churches and two Orthodox churches. The old city does not have a defensive wall, but instead it has nine defensive towers, the most important of which is the tower of the Holy Cross. These were built by the navy of the Venetian Republic in the 15th and 16th centuries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perast http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=42.486356&amp;lon=18.697293&amp;z=16&amp;l=1&amp;m=h&amp;v=2.<br> Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.</p><br clear="all"> Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:43:08 +0000 http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4697_town_view.htm <p><a href="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4697_town_view.htm"><img src="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/photos/4697%20town%20view%20thumbnail.jpg" width="100" height="72" border="0" alt="town view in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" title="town view in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" align="left"></a>Perast, a now small town, lies about eleven km from Kotor, beneath the hill of St.Elijah (873 m), on a cape that separates the bay of Risan from the bay of Kotor (two smaller bays within the Boka Kotorska) and overlooks the Verige strait, the narrowest part of Boka. The average yearly temperature in Perasto is 18.3C, and the number of sunny days is 240. Near Perast there are two small islands: one is called St.George island (it is closed for visitors and there&#039;s a Catholic monastery on it, and a small graveyard where many known seamen are buried), and the other called Gospa od Skrpjela (Our Lady of the Rock), and each of them has a picturesque chapel. Gospa od Skrpjela (originally called in venetian &#034;Madonna dello Scarpello&#034;) is particularly interesting given that it is the only artificially built island in the Adriatic, with an area of 3,030 sq.m - it was built upon a rock (Skrpjel) after two venetian sailors from Perast found a picture of the Virgin Mary on it in 1452. Each year on 22 November people come here on ornately decorated boats and bring new stones to add to the island. The church keeps votive silver figures donated mostly by seamen. There&#039;s a small museum in the church, too. Venice owned the city between 1420 and 1797. Perast (called Perasto in the venetian language, spoken officially there until the nineteenth century) was part of the Albania Veneta. The city&#039;s sixteen Baroque palaces were mostly built in this period, too, as were its seventeen Catholic churches and two Orthodox churches. The old city does not have a defensive wall, but instead it has nine defensive towers, the most important of which is the tower of the Holy Cross. These were built by the navy of the Venetian Republic in the 15th and 16th centuries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perast http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=42.486356&amp;lon=18.697293&amp;z=16&amp;l=1&amp;m=h&amp;v=2.<br> Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.</p><br clear="all"> Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:43:05 +0000 http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4696_a_lion_with_the_owner%27s_monogram.htm <p><a href="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4696_a_lion_with_the_owner%27s_monogram.htm"><img src="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/photos/4696%20a%20lion%20with%20the%20owner%27s%20monogram%20thumbnail.jpg" width="100" height="132" border="0" alt="a lion with the owner&#039;s monogram in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" title="a lion with the owner&#039;s monogram in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" align="left"></a>Perast, a now small town, lies about eleven km from Kotor, beneath the hill of St.Elijah (873 m), on a cape that separates the bay of Risan from the bay of Kotor (two smaller bays within the Boka Kotorska) and overlooks the Verige strait, the narrowest part of Boka. The average yearly temperature in Perasto is 18.3C, and the number of sunny days is 240. Near Perast there are two small islands: one is called St.George island (it is closed for visitors and there&#039;s a Catholic monastery on it, and a small graveyard where many known seamen are buried), and the other called Gospa od Skrpjela (Our Lady of the Rock), and each of them has a picturesque chapel. Gospa od Skrpjela (originally called in venetian &#034;Madonna dello Scarpello&#034;) is particularly interesting given that it is the only artificially built island in the Adriatic, with an area of 3,030 sq.m - it was built upon a rock (Skrpjel) after two venetian sailors from Perast found a picture of the Virgin Mary on it in 1452. Each year on 22 November people come here on ornately decorated boats and bring new stones to add to the island. The church keeps votive silver figures donated mostly by seamen. There&#039;s a small museum in the church, too. Venice owned the city between 1420 and 1797. Perast (called Perasto in the venetian language, spoken officially there until the nineteenth century) was part of the Albania Veneta. The city&#039;s sixteen Baroque palaces were mostly built in this period, too, as were its seventeen Catholic churches and two Orthodox churches. The old city does not have a defensive wall, but instead it has nine defensive towers, the most important of which is the tower of the Holy Cross. These were built by the navy of the Venetian Republic in the 15th and 16th centuries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perast http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=42.486356&amp;lon=18.697293&amp;z=16&amp;l=1&amp;m=h&amp;v=2.<br> Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.</p><br clear="all"> Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:34:28 +0000 http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4695_maritime_museum.htm <p><a href="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4695_maritime_museum.htm"><img src="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/photos/4695%20maritime%20museum%20thumbnail.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0" alt="Maritime museum in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" title="Maritime museum in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" align="left"></a>Perast, a now small town, lies about eleven km from Kotor, beneath the hill of St.Elijah (873 m), on a cape that separates the bay of Risan from the bay of Kotor (two smaller bays within the Boka Kotorska) and overlooks the Verige strait, the narrowest part of Boka. The average yearly temperature in Perasto is 18.3C, and the number of sunny days is 240. Near Perast there are two small islands: one is called St.George island (it is closed for visitors and there&#039;s a Catholic monastery on it, and a small graveyard where many known seamen are buried), and the other called Gospa od Skrpjela (Our Lady of the Rock), and each of them has a picturesque chapel. Gospa od Skrpjela (originally called in venetian &#034;Madonna dello Scarpello&#034;) is particularly interesting given that it is the only artificially built island in the Adriatic, with an area of 3,030 sq.m - it was built upon a rock (Skrpjel) after two venetian sailors from Perast found a picture of the Virgin Mary on it in 1452. Each year on 22 November people come here on ornately decorated boats and bring new stones to add to the island. The church keeps votive silver figures donated mostly by seamen. There&#039;s a small museum in the church, too. Venice owned the city between 1420 and 1797. Perast (called Perasto in the venetian language, spoken officially there until the nineteenth century) was part of the Albania Veneta. The city&#039;s sixteen Baroque palaces were mostly built in this period, too, as were its seventeen Catholic churches and two Orthodox churches. The old city does not have a defensive wall, but instead it has nine defensive towers, the most important of which is the tower of the Holy Cross. These were built by the navy of the Venetian Republic in the 15th and 16th centuries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perast http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=42.486356&amp;lon=18.697293&amp;z=16&amp;l=1&amp;m=h&amp;v=2.<br> Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.</p><br clear="all"> Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:34:25 +0000 http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4694_church_of_our_lady_of_the_rock_%28gospa_od_skrpjela_%29.htm <p><a href="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4694_church_of_our_lady_of_the_rock_%28gospa_od_skrpjela_%29.htm"><img src="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/photos/4694%20church%20of%20our%20lady%20of%20the%20rock%20%28gospa%20od%20skrpjela%20%29%20thumbnail.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0" alt="Church of Our Lady of the Rock (Gospa od Skrpjela ) in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" title="Church of Our Lady of the Rock (Gospa od Skrpjela ) in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" align="left"></a>Perast, a now small town, lies about eleven km from Kotor, beneath the hill of St.Elijah (873 m), on a cape that separates the bay of Risan from the bay of Kotor (two smaller bays within the Boka Kotorska) and overlooks the Verige strait, the narrowest part of Boka. The average yearly temperature in Perasto is 18.3C, and the number of sunny days is 240. Near Perast there are two small islands: one is called St.George island (it is closed for visitors and there&#039;s a Catholic monastery on it, and a small graveyard where many known seamen are buried), and the other called Gospa od Skrpjela (Our Lady of the Rock), and each of them has a picturesque chapel. Gospa od Skrpjela (originally called in venetian &#034;Madonna dello Scarpello&#034;) is particularly interesting given that it is the only artificially built island in the Adriatic, with an area of 3,030 sq.m - it was built upon a rock (Skrpjel) after two venetian sailors from Perast found a picture of the Virgin Mary on it in 1452. Each year on 22 November people come here on ornately decorated boats and bring new stones to add to the island. The church keeps votive silver figures donated mostly by seamen. There&#039;s a small museum in the church, too. Venice owned the city between 1420 and 1797. Perast (called Perasto in the venetian language, spoken officially there until the nineteenth century) was part of the Albania Veneta. The city&#039;s sixteen Baroque palaces were mostly built in this period, too, as were its seventeen Catholic churches and two Orthodox churches. The old city does not have a defensive wall, but instead it has nine defensive towers, the most important of which is the tower of the Holy Cross. These were built by the navy of the Venetian Republic in the 15th and 16th centuries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perast http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=42.486356&amp;lon=18.697293&amp;z=16&amp;l=1&amp;m=h&amp;v=2.<br> Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.</p><br clear="all"> Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:29:41 +0000 http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4693_on_the_gospa_od_skrpjela_%28our_lady_of_the_rock%29_islet.htm <p><a href="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4693_on_the_gospa_od_skrpjela_%28our_lady_of_the_rock%29_islet.htm"><img src="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/photos/4693%20on%20the%20gospa%20od%20skrpjela%20%28our%20lady%20of%20the%20rock%29%20islet%20thumbnail.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0" alt="on the Gospa od Skrpjela (Our Lady of the Rock) islet in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" title="on the Gospa od Skrpjela (Our Lady of the Rock) islet in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" align="left"></a>Perast, a now small town, lies about eleven km from Kotor, beneath the hill of St.Elijah (873 m), on a cape that separates the bay of Risan from the bay of Kotor (two smaller bays within the Boka Kotorska) and overlooks the Verige strait, the narrowest part of Boka. The average yearly temperature in Perasto is 18.3C, and the number of sunny days is 240. Near Perast there are two small islands: one is called St.George island (it is closed for visitors and there&#039;s a Catholic monastery on it, and a small graveyard where many known seamen are buried), and the other called Gospa od Skrpjela (Our Lady of the Rock), and each of them has a picturesque chapel. Gospa od Skrpjela (originally called in venetian &#034;Madonna dello Scarpello&#034;) is particularly interesting given that it is the only artificially built island in the Adriatic, with an area of 3,030 sq.m - it was built upon a rock (Skrpjel) after two venetian sailors from Perast found a picture of the Virgin Mary on it in 1452. Each year on 22 November people come here on ornately decorated boats and bring new stones to add to the island. The church keeps votive silver figures donated mostly by seamen. There&#039;s a small museum in the church, too. Venice owned the city between 1420 and 1797. Perast (called Perasto in the venetian language, spoken officially there until the nineteenth century) was part of the Albania Veneta. The city&#039;s sixteen Baroque palaces were mostly built in this period, too, as were its seventeen Catholic churches and two Orthodox churches. The old city does not have a defensive wall, but instead it has nine defensive towers, the most important of which is the tower of the Holy Cross. These were built by the navy of the Venetian Republic in the 15th and 16th centuries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perast http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=42.486356&amp;lon=18.697293&amp;z=16&amp;l=1&amp;m=h&amp;v=2.<br> Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.</p><br clear="all"> Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:29:36 +0000 http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4692_church%2C_island%2C_islet.htm <p><a href="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4692_church%2C_island%2C_islet.htm"><img src="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/photos/4692%20church%2C%20island%2C%20islet%20thumbnail.jpg" width="100" height="133" border="0" alt="church, island, islet in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" title="church, island, islet in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" align="left"></a>Perast, a now small town, lies about eleven km from Kotor, beneath the hill of St.Elijah (873 m), on a cape that separates the bay of Risan from the bay of Kotor (two smaller bays within the Boka Kotorska) and overlooks the Verige strait, the narrowest part of Boka. The average yearly temperature in Perasto is 18.3C, and the number of sunny days is 240. Near Perast there are two small islands: one is called St.George island (it is closed for visitors and there&#039;s a Catholic monastery on it, and a small graveyard where many known seamen are buried), and the other called Gospa od Skrpjela (Our Lady of the Rock), and each of them has a picturesque chapel. Gospa od Skrpjela (originally called in venetian &#034;Madonna dello Scarpello&#034;) is particularly interesting given that it is the only artificially built island in the Adriatic, with an area of 3,030 sq.m - it was built upon a rock (Skrpjel) after two venetian sailors from Perast found a picture of the Virgin Mary on it in 1452. Each year on 22 November people come here on ornately decorated boats and bring new stones to add to the island. The church keeps votive silver figures donated mostly by seamen. There&#039;s a small museum in the church, too. Venice owned the city between 1420 and 1797. Perast (called Perasto in the venetian language, spoken officially there until the nineteenth century) was part of the Albania Veneta. The city&#039;s sixteen Baroque palaces were mostly built in this period, too, as were its seventeen Catholic churches and two Orthodox churches. The old city does not have a defensive wall, but instead it has nine defensive towers, the most important of which is the tower of the Holy Cross. These were built by the navy of the Venetian Republic in the 15th and 16th centuries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perast http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=42.486356&amp;lon=18.697293&amp;z=16&amp;l=1&amp;m=h&amp;v=2.<br> Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.</p><br clear="all"> Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:53:38 +0000 http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4691_gospa_od_skrpjela_%28our_lady_of_the_rock%29_island.htm <p><a href="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4691_gospa_od_skrpjela_%28our_lady_of_the_rock%29_island.htm"><img src="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/photos/4691%20gospa%20od%20skrpjela%20%28our%20lady%20of%20the%20rock%29%20island%20thumbnail.jpg" width="100" height="74" border="0" alt="Gospa od Skrpjela (Our Lady of the Rock) island in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" title="Gospa od Skrpjela (Our Lady of the Rock) island in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" align="left"></a>Perast, a now small town, lies about eleven km from Kotor, beneath the hill of St.Elijah (873 m), on a cape that separates the bay of Risan from the bay of Kotor (two smaller bays within the Boka Kotorska) and overlooks the Verige strait, the narrowest part of Boka. The average yearly temperature in Perasto is 18.3C, and the number of sunny days is 240. Near Perast there are two small islands: one is called St.George island (it is closed for visitors and there&#039;s a Catholic monastery on it, and a small graveyard where many known seamen are buried), and the other called Gospa od Skrpjela (Our Lady of the Rock), and each of them has a picturesque chapel. Gospa od Skrpjela (originally called in venetian &#034;Madonna dello Scarpello&#034;) is particularly interesting given that it is the only artificially built island in the Adriatic, with an area of 3,030 sq.m - it was built upon a rock (Skrpjel) after two venetian sailors from Perast found a picture of the Virgin Mary on it in 1452. Each year on 22 November people come here on ornately decorated boats and bring new stones to add to the island. The church keeps votive silver figures donated mostly by seamen. There&#039;s a small museum in the church, too. Venice owned the city between 1420 and 1797. Perast (called Perasto in the venetian language, spoken officially there until the nineteenth century) was part of the Albania Veneta. The city&#039;s sixteen Baroque palaces were mostly built in this period, too, as were its seventeen Catholic churches and two Orthodox churches. The old city does not have a defensive wall, but instead it has nine defensive towers, the most important of which is the tower of the Holy Cross. These were built by the navy of the Venetian Republic in the 15th and 16th centuries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perast http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=42.486356&amp;lon=18.697293&amp;z=16&amp;l=1&amp;m=h&amp;v=2.<br> Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.</p><br clear="all"> Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:53:35 +0000 http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4690_st.george_island.htm <p><a href="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4690_st.george_island.htm"><img src="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/photos/4690%20st.george%20island%20thumbnail.jpg" width="100" height="75" border="0" alt="St.George island in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" title="St.George island in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" align="left"></a>Perast, a now small town, lies about eleven km from Kotor, beneath the hill of St.Elijah (873 m), on a cape that separates the bay of Risan from the bay of Kotor (two smaller bays within the Boka Kotorska) and overlooks the Verige strait, the narrowest part of Boka. The average yearly temperature in Perasto is 18.3C, and the number of sunny days is 240. Near Perast there are two small islands: one is called St.George island (it is closed for visitors and there&#039;s a Catholic monastery on it, and a small graveyard where many known seamen are buried), and the other called Gospa od Skrpjela (Our Lady of the Rock), and each of them has a picturesque chapel. Gospa od Skrpjela (originally called in venetian &#034;Madonna dello Scarpello&#034;) is particularly interesting given that it is the only artificially built island in the Adriatic, with an area of 3,030 sq.m - it was built upon a rock (Skrpjel) after two venetian sailors from Perast found a picture of the Virgin Mary on it in 1452. Each year on 22 November people come here on ornately decorated boats and bring new stones to add to the island. The church keeps votive silver figures donated mostly by seamen. There&#039;s a small museum in the church, too. Venice owned the city between 1420 and 1797. Perast (called Perasto in the venetian language, spoken officially there until the nineteenth century) was part of the Albania Veneta. The city&#039;s sixteen Baroque palaces were mostly built in this period, too, as were its seventeen Catholic churches and two Orthodox churches. The old city does not have a defensive wall, but instead it has nine defensive towers, the most important of which is the tower of the Holy Cross. These were built by the navy of the Venetian Republic in the 15th and 16th centuries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perast http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=42.486356&amp;lon=18.697293&amp;z=16&amp;l=1&amp;m=h&amp;v=2.<br> Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.</p><br clear="all"> Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:48:04 +0000 http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4689_going_to_the_islets.htm <p><a href="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4689_going_to_the_islets.htm"><img src="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/photos/4689%20going%20to%20the%20islets%20thumbnail.jpg" width="100" height="73" border="0" alt="going to the islets in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" title="going to the islets in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" align="left"></a>Perast, a now small town, lies about eleven km from Kotor, beneath the hill of St.Elijah (873 m), on a cape that separates the bay of Risan from the bay of Kotor (two smaller bays within the Boka Kotorska) and overlooks the Verige strait, the narrowest part of Boka. The average yearly temperature in Perasto is 18.3C, and the number of sunny days is 240. Near Perast there are two small islands: one is called St.George island (it is closed for visitors and there&#039;s a Catholic monastery on it, and a small graveyard where many known seamen are buried), and the other called Gospa od Skrpjela (Our Lady of the Rock), and each of them has a picturesque chapel. Gospa od Skrpjela (originally called in venetian &#034;Madonna dello Scarpello&#034;) is particularly interesting given that it is the only artificially built island in the Adriatic, with an area of 3,030 sq.m - it was built upon a rock (Skrpjel) after two venetian sailors from Perast found a picture of the Virgin Mary on it in 1452. Each year on 22 November people come here on ornately decorated boats and bring new stones to add to the island. The church keeps votive silver figures donated mostly by seamen. There&#039;s a small museum in the church, too. Venice owned the city between 1420 and 1797. Perast (called Perasto in the venetian language, spoken officially there until the nineteenth century) was part of the Albania Veneta. The city&#039;s sixteen Baroque palaces were mostly built in this period, too, as were its seventeen Catholic churches and two Orthodox churches. The old city does not have a defensive wall, but instead it has nine defensive towers, the most important of which is the tower of the Holy Cross. These were built by the navy of the Venetian Republic in the 15th and 16th centuries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perast http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=42.486356&amp;lon=18.697293&amp;z=16&amp;l=1&amp;m=h&amp;v=2.<br> Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.</p><br clear="all"> Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:48:01 +0000 http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4688_seaside_quay.htm <p><a href="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/montenegro/perast/4688_seaside_quay.htm"><img src="http://www.cityphotos.info/cms/photos/4688%20seaside%20quay%20thumbnail.jpg" width="100" height="73" border="0" alt="Seaside quay in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" title="Seaside quay in Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov" align="left"></a>Perast, a now small town, lies about eleven km from Kotor, beneath the hill of St.Elijah (873 m), on a cape that separates the bay of Risan from the bay of Kotor (two smaller bays within the Boka Kotorska) and overlooks the Verige strait, the narrowest part of Boka. The average yearly temperature in Perasto is 18.3C, and the number of sunny days is 240. Near Perast there are two small islands: one is called St.George island (it is closed for visitors and there&#039;s a Catholic monastery on it, and a small graveyard where many known seamen are buried), and the other called Gospa od Skrpjela (Our Lady of the Rock), and each of them has a picturesque chapel. Gospa od Skrpjela (originally called in venetian &#034;Madonna dello Scarpello&#034;) is particularly interesting given that it is the only artificially built island in the Adriatic, with an area of 3,030 sq.m - it was built upon a rock (Skrpjel) after two venetian sailors from Perast found a picture of the Virgin Mary on it in 1452. Each year on 22 November people come here on ornately decorated boats and bring new stones to add to the island. The church keeps votive silver figures donated mostly by seamen. There&#039;s a small museum in the church, too. Venice owned the city between 1420 and 1797. Perast (called Perasto in the venetian language, spoken officially there until the nineteenth century) was part of the Albania Veneta. The city&#039;s sixteen Baroque palaces were mostly built in this period, too, as were its seventeen Catholic churches and two Orthodox churches. The old city does not have a defensive wall, but instead it has nine defensive towers, the most important of which is the tower of the Holy Cross. These were built by the navy of the Venetian Republic in the 15th and 16th centuries. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perast http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=42.486356&amp;lon=18.697293&amp;z=16&amp;l=1&amp;m=h&amp;v=2.<br> Perast, Montenegro, photo by Pavel Viaznikov.</p><br clear="all"> Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:42:56 +0000