Kotor, Montenegro

The religious heritage of the Bay of Kotor — its numerous Orthodox and Catholic Christian churches and monasteries — makes it one of the major pilgrimage sites of the region.  This is most obvious near the town of Perast where the church of Saint George (Sveti Đorđe) from the 12th century is located on a tiny island (left), and the Church of Our Lady of the Rock (Gospa od Škrpjela), which was built in 1630 in the baroque style is on top of an artificial island (right).

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