"Forte mare deserves a place on the world heritage list"

The entry of the Venetian defense fortress Forte Mare on the World Cultural Heritage List is important from the aspect of preserving the fortifications, it is an automatic impetus to the development of tourism and an exceptional promotion for Herceg Novi, the participants of the meeting agreed
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Forte Mare, Photo: Slavica Kosić
Forte Mare, Photo: Slavica Kosić
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Ažurirano: 02.09.2017. 19:22h

The Municipality of Herceg Novi will continue its activities to obtain the conditions for the Forte Mare fortress to be inscribed on the World Cultural Heritage List, it was announced yesterday after the meeting between the President of the Municipality Stevan Katić and Dragica Ponorac, Ambassador of Montenegro to France, Monaco and Andorra and Permanent Representative of Montenegro to UNESCO .

"At the last session, the World Heritage Committee in Krakow did not include Forte Mare on this prestigious list. The report states the exact guidelines that should be followed in order for the new fortress to be on the UNESCO list, which mainly relate to the problems of the existence of commercial contents", the local administration announced.

The inclusion of the Venetian defensive fortress Forte Mare on the World Cultural Heritage List is important from the point of view of the preservation of the fortifications, it is an automatic impulse for the development of tourism and an exceptional promotion for Herceg Novi, the participants of the meeting agreed.

The press release states that it has been confirmed that in this area, the continuation of communication between the local self-government and the Ministry of Culture, which existed on this topic in the previous period, is necessary.

Ambassador Ponorac pointed out that it is very important that we now show with our actions that we care, that we have a good will to work and that we all together take advantage of the great opportunity that is being offered to us.

She announced that immediately upon her return to France, she would meet with representatives of the International Council for Monuments and Monumental Areas (ICOMOS), whose expert commission carried out the evaluation.

Duke Stjepan Vukčić Kosača began the construction of the Forte mare fortress in the first half of the 15th century. During the Turkish era, the fortress got its present dimensions, and the Turks added to it and renovated it on several occasions.

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