The culture of present-day Montenegro has been shaped by a variety of influences throughout history:
the ancient Greece, ancient Rome, Christianity, Islam, Byzantine Empire, Bulgarian Empire,
Serbian Empire,
Ottoman Empire, Republic of Venice, Austria-Hungary and Yugoslavia.
Oro Dance
Montenegro has many significant cultural and historical sites, including heritage sites from the pre-Romanesque,
Gothic and Baroque periods. The most known religious monuments: the Cathedral of Saint Tryphon in Kotor,
the basilica of St. Luke (over 800 years), Our Lady of the Rocks, the Savina Monastery, Hussein-Pasha’s
Mosque
and others.
February Feast of Mimosa
The traditional folk dance of the Montenegrins is the Oro, a circle dance that involves dancers standing on each
other's shoulders in a circle while one or two dancers are dancing in the middle.
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Montenegro's capital Podgorica and the former royal capital of Cetinje are the two most important centers of
culture and the arts in the country.
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