Top 10 Points of Interest & Landmarks in Perast, Kotor Municipality

A typical 18th century baroque palace located in the eastern part of Perast, known as the Port. The Montenegrin Prince - Bishop Petar II Petrovic Njegos wrote the verses of one of the most beautiful love poems "A night more precious than a century" while staying in this beautiful palace in the mid-19th century.

This beautiful edifice, once the property of the famous seafarer family Smekja whose coat-of-arms is situated in the entrance to the Palace, is also the largest palace in Perast. It is located right next to the Church of St. Mark. Its construction began in the 17th century while the newer section of the palace was completed in the 1930s.

This is a smaller palace, a so-called "palacin", most likely erected in the second half of the 18th century. It belonged to the family of Nikola Kolovic - Matikola, the testament of which is an inscription on the main facade of the building.

In the beginning of the 16th century this historical monument was the seat of the first private maritime school, the oldest in the Adriatic. In this building, under the tutelage of famous seafarer Marko Marinovic, the future officers of the maritime fleet of the Russian emperor Peter the Great received their education.

The former seat of the tradesman and seafarer family Bronza was constructed in the baroque style in the mid-18th century. During the 19th century it was also used as a customs station.

Tripo Kokolja was one of the most distinguished representatives of baroque painting in the entire region. He spent most of his life in the Bay of Kotor, and some of his most significant works can be seen in the interior of the Church of Our Lady of the Rock.

The two-story palace, built at the end of the 17th century, belonged to one of the oldest Perast brotherhoods after which it was named.

Erected above the town, in an area called Kasun, this fortress was part of the former system of Perast's defence against numerous conquerors. Several towers have been erected as part of the fortress since the 16th century by influential and wealthy families from Perast. Some of them, like the Viskovic Tower, Mazarovic Tower, and Matosevic Tower etc. can still be seen standing today.

This is another magnificent palace which testifies to the former magnitude, splendour and the wealth of Perast. This four-part edifice is dominated by its tower constructed in 1500 AD. One of the numerous artefacts preserved within its walls is an old cannon from the age when this tower represented the centrepiece of the town's defence system. The Palace is named after the family Viskovic whose members gave an extraordinary contribution to the maritime, military, trading, political and cultural past of Perast.