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Old Ulcinj


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In the 5th century BC, Colchis colonists built a fortress on the rock around which the city began to grow. History of the town of Ulcinj, as in many other cities in Montenegro - a history of endless change of rulers (who ruled and the Byzantines and Venetians and Turks) and, accordingly, names. The Romans named it Oltsinium. The Venetians gave him the name Dulsino. During the Ottoman rule of the city was chosen by pirates. Production from captured ships was the main source of income for local residents. In the course was and the slave trade: people with hijacked ships were taken captive and sold by ultsinskom market. There is not too significant a legend that the great Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, confined in one of the sea battles, five years it languished in captivity in Ulcinj. And what is the name of the Venetian city, he gave Dulcinea, the heroine of the famous novel "Don Quixote", and the wonderful image of her copied from one of the local aristocrats. However, Cervantes himself in his writings argued that in captivity in Algiers, but the legend of no less beautiful. But it is known that in the Tower Balsica in the old Ulcinj, in the 17th century lived Mahmud Efendi, famous for its peculiar interpretation of the Talmud. In this tower now houses an art gallery. The architecture of the Old Town, repeatedly passed from hand to hand, as a result is sometimes quite unexpected mix of styles and eras, a prime example of this can be rebuilt from the church mosque, near which there is a small square where slaves were once traded and which now is City Museum. There are in Ulcinj and the two palaces, built in the time of Venetian rule - is the Palazzo Venezia and Yards Balsica. Palaces now remodeled and they are placed quite modern and comfortable hotels


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