Singidunum
February 17th, 2005, 05:05 PM
Cathedral of Saint Tripun, Kotor, Montenegro.
Whole city is protected by UNESCO.
The most famous building of Kotor is the Romanesque St. Trifun cathedral that was constructed in 1166. An earthquake ruined the bell-towers significantly in 1667 but local stone-cutters reconstructed them later.
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http://www.barakatravel.com/images/upload/234_big.gif
before restauration
http://www.heritage.cg.yu/spomenici/tripun2v.jpg
after restauration
http://www.montenegro.com/virtual_mn/reportaze/images/boka/large/DSCN4975.jpg
Whole city is protected by UNESCO.
The most famous building of Kotor is the Romanesque St. Trifun cathedral that was constructed in 1166. An earthquake ruined the bell-towers significantly in 1667 but local stone-cutters reconstructed them later.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3292/2850239436_6871ac83b4_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3476/3751840474_04f5929cbd_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2466/3751838746_441ac75272_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2620/3751818654_3ea16094ee_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3438/3398302124_9422dacb04_b.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3635/3750319748_48ac3c9c80_b.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2649/3789113427_693174034b_b.jpg
http://tinypic.com/1r966b
http://www.barakatravel.com/images/upload/234_big.gif
before restauration
http://www.heritage.cg.yu/spomenici/tripun2v.jpg
after restauration
http://www.montenegro.com/virtual_mn/reportaze/images/boka/large/DSCN4975.jpg