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Located in the heart of the Balkan peninsula, Montenegro has been influenced by the Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Turkish, Venetian and Austro-Hungarian cultures over the past centuries. Three earthquakes, the last of which, in 1979, destroyed priceless treasures. However, the legacy remains considerable. On the coast, and in particular in the mouths of Kotor, these influences have overlapped to form an architectural ensemble of little known richness. The medieval city of Kotor, and its Saint-Triphon cathedral, which combines Byzantine and Gothic forms, are the most beautiful example. The baroque churches and villas of the Kotor mouths contrast with the stocky and massive houses of the old cities of Budva or Ulcinj, both rich in a multi-millennial history. Still on the coast, the medieval city of Bar, abandoned at the end of the 19th century, bears in its ruins many testimonies of the outcrossing of successive peoples, kingdoms and empires. In the interior of the country, the former capital of the Kingdom of Montenegro, Cetinje, with the multicoloured facades of its former embassies and its royal palace, plunges the traveller into 19th and early 20th century Europe. Finally, the north of the country, with its Orthodox monasteries of Piva, Mora?a and Sveti Trojica, offers superb evidence of the rich medieval pictorial wealth of the Balkans.