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Bar, Montenegro

Bar (Montenegrin: Bar,[a] Бар,[b] pronounced [bâr], Albanian: Tivar/-i) is a coastal town and seaport in southern Montenegro. It is the capital of the Bar Municipality and a center for tourism. According to the 2023 census, the city proper had 15,868 inhabitants, while the total population of Bar Municipality was 46,171.[1]

Bar, Montenegro
Бар
Tivar
From the top, Stari Bar, Church of St. Jovan Vladimir, The Port of Bar
Location within Montenegro
Coordinates: 42°06′N 19°06′E / 42.10°N 19.10°E / 42.10; 19.10
Country Montenegro
Municipality Bar
Settlements85
Government
 • MayorDušan Raičević (DPS)
Area
 • City and municipality598 km2 (231 sq mi)
Population
 (2023 census)
 • Rank3rd in Montenegro
 • Density67.0/km2 (174/sq mi)
 • Urban
15,868
 • Rural
30,303
 • Municipality
46,171
DemonymBarani
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
85000
Area code+382 30
ISO 3166-2 codeME-02
Car platesBR
ClimateCsa, Cfa
WebsiteOfficial website

Name edit

Bar is supposed to be a shortened Slavic variant of Antivari.[2][3] The name is thought to be derived from the Latin Antibarum or Antibari, which later in Greek was transformed into Antivárion / Antivari due to its pronunciation. A name taken because of its location and which means "in front of Bari".[4] Variations are in Italian, Antivari / Antibari; in Albanian, Tivari or Tivar; in Turkish, Bar; in Greek, Θηβάριον, Thivárion, Αντιβάριον, Antivárion; in Latin, Antibarium.

History edit

Ancient times edit

Bar is a historic city. It has not been historically established when it was created, but archaeological findings of substantial extent prove the presence of life in this location during prehistoric times.[3] Local archaeological findings date to the Neolithic era. It is assumed that Bar was mentioned as the reconstructed Roman castle, Antipargal, in the 6th century. The name Antibarium was quoted for the first time in the 10th century.[citation needed]

Middle Ages edit

In the 6th and 7th centuries, Slavs occupied the Balkans. Duklja, a Slavic state, was mentioned in the 10th century. Jovan Vladimir (ruler 1000–1016), of Skadarska Krajina is the first ruler of Duklja whose history is known. Stefan Vojislav (ruler 1018–1043), the eponymous founder of the Vojislavljević dynasty, defeated the Byzantines in a battle on a hill near Bar. He made Bar his seat of power. Vojislav then expanded the area under his rule. Mihailo I of Duklja (ruler 1050–1081), Vojislav's son, established the Archdiocese of Antivari. He continued to fight the Byzantines in order to secure the town's independence. This led to a union of states known as the Serbian Grand Principality. From 1101 to 1166, the principality was ruled by the Vukanović dynasty. However from 1166 to 1183, Bar was under Byzantine rule. In 1183, Stefan Nemanja conquered and destroyed Bar. Until 1360 it was ruled by the Nemanjić dynasty. From 1360 onward, it comes under the control of the Balšić noble family, and Queen Jelena and Balša III establish the capital there.[5][3]

Venetian and Ottoman period edit

Between 1405 and 1412. Venetians control the Bar, and this is also the time when the city has seen the most growth. The Venetians grant the Barans rights in an effort to appease and win them over, and as a result, Bar develops into a sort of city-state. Barans had their own Statute of Communes, were in charge of their own defense, possessed judicial authority, printed their own currency, and were exempt from military service in times of war. After the Venetians, Bar is again ruled by the Balšićs, and besides them, Stefan Lazarević and Đurađ Branković in the first half of the 15th century held Bar in their hands.[3]

 
Bar in 1863

From 1443 to 1571, the region was ruled by Venice who called it Antivari, and it was part of the Albania Veneta. It was a town with its own coat of arms, flag, statute and mint. In 1571, the Ottomans captured Antivari and held the town until 1878.[6] The archdiocese was preserved. With the Ottoman conquest, the Catholic Church in the border area and the Archdiocese of Bar began to collapse, because indigenous people began to migrate as Ottomans to that area brought a new ethnic and religious element. Because of a lack of Catholic priests, entire parishes were converted to Orthodoxy.[7] One of the archbishops during this period was Andrija Zmajević.

In 1571, The Ottomans expelled the Orthodox and Catholic population.[8]

In 1878, The Ottomans ceded Antivari to Montenegro at the Treaty of Berlin, after losing the Russo-Turkish War. Montenegro's initial main goal in the negotiations was its expansion in Herzegovina and the Sanjak of Novi Pazar, but Austro-Hungarian expansion made it unrealistic. The Ottomans, represented by Alexander Karatheodori Pasha, declared that they would cede the port of Spizza to Montenegro but not Bar and other areas because they claimed they were primarily inhabited by Catholics and Muslim Albanians. After negotiations between Foreign Ministers Gyula Andrássy (Austria-Hungary) and Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov (Russia), it was agreed that Bar would be ceded to Montenegro in return for Russian support for Austrian control over Herzegovina. The city-port of Bar itself became militarily neutral, the total number of Montenegrin vessels in the port was placed under limitations and Austria-Hungary acquired the right of patrol of Bar's coastline.[9]

In 1885 The castle of King Nikola was built there. The king had it constructed for his daughter Princess Zorka and his future son-in-law Prince Petar Karadjordjevic. It has a chapel, watchtower, winter garden, small and huge castles, and a park. A wooden pier for docking ships was located in front of the structure. Additionally, there is a sizable flower shop with unique construction, a gift from King Emmanuel of Italy, and a catering establishment called "Knjaeva bata." The former castle complex is now the Bara Heritage Museum, which hosts cultural events.

In the new Montenegrin Orthodox state, Bar went through urban depopulation because many of its urban inhabitants which were in fact Muslims either left or were expelled from the town. In the late 1850s, the town had 4,000 inhabitants, 62.5% of which were Muslims. More than half of its population left or was expelled after 1878. The first population register of the town under Montenegrin administration in 1879, counted 1,879 inhabitants. Muslims were 30.9% of the population, 24.6% were Catholics (mostly Albanians) in addition to Orthodox (mostly Montenegrins and Serbs).[10][need quotation to verify]

Contemporary edit

When the Montenegrins recaptured the city after Russo-Turkish War, life could not be organized in it due to the destruction of war. The population first moved to Podgrađe, and the urban core was formed at the beginning of the 20th century below Volujica. The settlement is called Pristan (Novi Bar).[3]

Guglielmo Marconi, the Italian scientist and pioneer in wireless telegraphy, using Nikola Tesla's patented technology, made a radio connection between Antivari (Bar) and Bari on 30 August 1904. In 1908, the first railroad in this part of the Balkans was put into operation there.[citation needed]

On 8 August 1914 Austria-Hungary responded to Montenegro's declaration of war by sending their protected cruisers SMS Zenta and SMS Szigetvár accompanied by the destroyer SMS Uskoke and torpedo boat 72F to conduct an unopposed bombardment of the port of Antivari, targeting its wireless station and harbour facilities. They were driven away by coastal batteries and destroyed only a wireless station. The Austrians declared a formal blockade of the Montenegrin coastline on August 10. On August 16, SMS Zenta and an accompanying destroyer were ambushed and trapped off Antivari by a very large French fleet (over twelve battleships), and in the subsequent Battle of Antivari the Zenta was sunk with considerable loss of life. The destroyer escaped. On the 18 September following, the Austro-Hungarian coastal battleship SMS Budapest with supporting warships bombarded Antivari, the port and facilities, causing major damage, and on October 17–18 the destroyers SMS Scharfschutze, SMS Streiter and SMS Ulan bombarded Antivari's harbour. On November 18 the destroyer SMS Uskoke also conducted a brief bombardment. The Austrians made their largest raid to date on the evening and night of 1–2 March 1915 when their destroyers SMS Csikós, SMS Streiter, and SMS Ulan covered a raid by three torpedo-boats into Antivari harbour. The latter destroyed the main wharf and stocks of food and ammunitions along the waterfront, and captured the Montenegrin royal yacht Rumija, which was later torpedoed. The destruction of the wharves prevented larger ships from unloading supplies at the port restricting Allied shipments of food and munitions to the Montenegrin army. The Allies realised that with the Austro-Hungarian naval base of Cattaro close by there was little they could do.[11]

In 1918, Bar became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes.

In 1945, Albanians in Bar were massacred by Yugoslavs partisans. This event is known as the Bar massacre.

In 1976, Pristan was demolished, with the aim of expanding the Port in its place. The population was mainly moved to Topolica, where until urbanization there was only a complex of the Castle of King Nicholas.[3]

After the catastrophic earthquake of 1979, especially conditioned by the work of the Port of Bar, the city experienced a demographic boom. In the period until 1990, Bar was one of the crucial ports of SFR Yugoslavia, which was invested in and which became the political, industrial, tourist, cultural, sports center of the region. This was especially contributed by the opening of the roads Bar-Titograd in 1959 and Bar-Belgrade in 1976.[12]

When Montenegro signed an agreement with the Chinese Government to build a motorway from Bar to the Serbian border (part of the Belt and Road initiative) in 2014, large tracts of land around Bar were agreed as collateral in the event of the Montenegro government defaulting on payment of the 1 billion dollar loan. The project was financed by the Export-Import Bank of China.[13][14] Contractual disputes can only be resolved through a Chinese court.[15]

Geography edit

 
View of Bar from Vrsuta mountain

Location edit

Bar is located on the coastal western border of Montenegro on the shore of the Adriatic Sea. It is approximately 53 kilometres (33 mi) from Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro. To the east is the largest lake in South Europe, Lake Skadar. To the west, across the sea, is Italy.[16]

Climate edit

Bar has a borderline humid subtropical (Cfa) and Mediterranean climate (Csa) in the Köppen climate classification, since the driest month has 37 mm (1.5 inches) of precipitation, preventing it from being classified as solely humid subtropical or Mediterranean.[17] Winters are cool and rainy, with an average high of 12.3 °C (54.1 °F) in January and a low of 4.3 °C (39.7 °F). Snow is very rare occurrence in Bar, it usually snows once in a few years. The highest recorded snowfall occurred during January 2000, when 9 centimetres (3.5 in) was measured. Summers are generally warmer, drier and sunnier than the winter months. During summer, the highest temperatures are around 27 to 28 °C (81 to 82 °F) and the lowest 18 °C (64 °F). Precipitation is low during the summer months, although rainfall can still occur, with July averaging 4.5 days with measurable precipitation. Spring and fall are transitional seasons that feature mild weather that can often be wet and unpredictable. There are, on average, 2523 hours of sunshine per year, ranging from a low of 111.6 hours in December to a high of 350.3 hours in July.[18]

Climate data for Bar, Montenegro (1961–1990, extremes 1949–present)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 21.2
(70.2)
27.2
(81.0)
26.0
(78.8)
30.7
(87.3)
32.5
(90.5)
36.6
(97.9)
37.7
(99.9)
37.0
(98.6)
33.6
(92.5)
32.3
(90.1)
28.4
(83.1)
22.6
(72.7)
37.7
(99.9)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 12.3
(54.1)
12.9
(55.2)
14.9
(58.8)
17.9
(64.2)
21.9
(71.4)
25.2
(77.4)
27.8
(82.0)
27.8
(82.0)
25.3
(77.5)
21.7
(71.1)
17.3
(63.1)
13.7
(56.7)
19.9
(67.8)
Daily mean °C (°F) 8.3
(46.9)
8.9
(48.0)
10.6
(51.1)
13.6
(56.5)
17.7
(63.9)
21.2
(70.2)
23.4
(74.1)
23.1
(73.6)
20.4
(68.7)
16.8
(62.2)
13.1
(55.6)
9.8
(49.6)
15.6
(60.0)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) 4.3
(39.7)
5.1
(41.2)
6.7
(44.1)
9.2
(48.6)
13.0
(55.4)
16.3
(61.3)
18.4
(65.1)
18.3
(64.9)
15.9
(60.6)
12.6
(54.7)
9.2
(48.6)
5.9
(42.6)
11.2
(52.2)
Record low °C (°F) −7.2
(19.0)
−6
(21)
−5.5
(22.1)
0.7
(33.3)
4.7
(40.5)
9.1
(48.4)
12.2
(54.0)
9.5
(49.1)
7.9
(46.2)
−0.2
(31.6)
−2.4
(27.7)
−5.6
(21.9)
−7.2
(19.0)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 155.6
(6.13)
149.1
(5.87)
130.1
(5.12)
126.1
(4.96)
86.0
(3.39)
56.5
(2.22)
36.9
(1.45)
53.0
(2.09)
106.5
(4.19)
139.9
(5.51)
182.2
(7.17)
169.9
(6.69)
1,391.8
(54.79)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 13 13 12 12 9 7 5 5 7 9 14 14 120
Average relative humidity (%) 65 64 67 71 73 72 68 69 70 68 69 68 69
Mean monthly sunshine hours 120.9 124.2 170.9 198.9 259.7 297.4 351.5 317.3 252.1 198.8 124.6 111.6 2,527.9
Source: Hydrological and Meteorological Service of Montenegro[18][19]

Flora and fauna edit

 
Olea europea, ancient olive tree

The coastal part of Bar supports maquis shrubland with oak, holm oak, laurel, myrtle, Spanish broom, oleander, hawthorn, sloe, thorn, butcher's broom and asparagus. To the north and the mountains, there are oak and beech forests. Citrus fruits including tangerine, orange and lemon grow in the Bar area as do pomegranates, olives, grapevines and figs. Ginkgo biloba grows in the park of King Nikola's palace.[citation needed]

Skadar Lake is rich in bird life including the pelican. Game animals are found in Ostros, Rumija, Lisinj, Sutorman and Sozina and include rabbit, badger, fox, wolf and boar. At the Bar sea shore one finds various kinds of shells, snails, echinodermata, cephalopoda and crayfish.[citation needed]

Demographics edit

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1948897—    
19531,113+24.1%
19612,184+96.2%
19713,612+65.4%
19816,742+86.7%
199110,971+62.7%
200313,719+25.0%
201113,503−1.6%
202315,868+17.5%

Bar is the administrative centre of Bar Municipality, which includes the town of Sutomore and other small coastal towns. A census in 2023 recorded 46,171 people in the Bar Municipality. Bar city had 15,868 inhabitants.[1][20]

Divisions and settlements edit

The municipality of Bar is divided into 12 communes (mjesna zajednica), consisting of 83 settlements:

Commune Settlements
Bar I central business district
Bar II Polje, Burtaiši, Čeluga, part of Rena;
Bar III part of Bjeliši, Sokolana, Stara Ambulanta, Zgrade Prvoborca;
Bar IV Popovići, part of Bjeliši, Ahmetov Brijeg, Vuletića Brijeg, part of Rena and Trsanj
Bar V Sustaš, Zupci, Marovići, Tuđemili
Šušanj Žukotrlica, Novi Pristan, Zeleni Pojas, Ilino, Šušanj, Carevići, Vitići and Paladini
Sutomore Brca, Zelen, Obala Željezničke Kolonije, Mirošica I, Turke, Pobrđe, Gorelac, Miljevci, Sozina, Zankovići, Suvi Potok, Mirošica II, Zgrade, Bjelila, Papani, Haj-Nehaj, Zagrađe, Mišići, Đurmani and Čanj
Stari Bar (Old Bar) Stari Bar, Baukovo, Belveder, Velembusi, Gretva, Brbot, Turčini, Menke, Mikulići, Podgrad, Bartula, Rap, Gornja Poda and Donja Poda, Tomba, Gornje Zaljevo and Donje Zaljevo
Mrko(je)vići Pečurice, Dobra Voda, Grdovići, Pelinkovići, Dabezići, Velje Selo, Kunje, Velja Gorana and Mala Gorana
Krajina Arbneš, Veliki Ostros, Mali Ostros, Martići, Runji, Koštanjica, Bobovište, Ckla, Tejani
Šestan Livari, Gornja i Donja Briska, Gornji Murići, Donji Murići, Besa, Pinčići, Bapsulj, Šestan
Crmnica Virpazar, Orahovo, Bračeni, Mikovići, Zabes, Boljevići, Sotonići, Bukovik, Mačuge, Dupilo, Popratnica, Komarno, Trnovo, Gornji Brčeli, Donji Brčeli, Brijege, Ovtočići, Tomići, Utrg, Godinje, Seoča, Krnjice, Limljani, Gluhi Do

Ethnicity edit

Ethnic composition of the town in 2011:[21]

Ethnicity Number Percentage
Montenegrins 6,901 51.11%
Serbs 4,487 33.23%
Bosniaks 410 3.04%
Ethnic Muslims 273 2.02%
Albanians 121 0.89%
Croats 121 0.89%
Other 78 0.58%
Not declared 787 5.82%
Total 13,503 100%

Religion edit

 
St Jovan Vladimir church

The main religion in Bar is Orthodox Christianity. However, there are churches from both the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic traditions as well as mosques built by Ottomans in the Islamic tradition. Bar is the birthplace of Saint Jovan Vladimir. In 1089, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar, was founded and included most of Montenegro and Serbia.[citation needed]

Religion Number Percentage
Eastern Orthodox 10,499 77.7%
Islam 1,433 10.6%
Roman Catholic 745 5.5%
Atheist 250 1.85%
Agnostic 19 0.14%
Other 59 0.4%
Undeclared 459 3.3%

Economy edit

 
Stari Bar (the Old Town of Bar)
 
A fragment of the town walls of Stari Bar
 
King Nikola's Palace

The economy of Bar relies upon the Port of Bar, the Belgrade–Bar railway and the Sozina tunnel. The Port of Bar is the most recognizable feature of the city. It occupies 3,100 m (10,170.60 ft) of seacoast, land area of 800 ha and aquatorium of 200ha. It is capable of reloading 5 million tons of goods annually. In 1976, the Belgrade – Bar railway was opened. It made the Adriatic coast accessible to tourists, and transport to the Port of Bar. The food company, Primorka has been operating in Bar for more than 50 years. It produces olive oil and pomegranate juice. There are 95,000 olive trees, about 80,000 citrus trees (lemon, orange, tangerine and grapefruit) in the municipal area. The centre for subtropical cultures, founded in 1937, is the oldest scientific institution in Montenegro. Tourism is also a major part of Bar's economy.[citation needed]

Transport edit

Bar has a ferry line to Bari, Italy which is operated by Montenegro Lines.[22] In season, ferries also go to Ancona, Italy. Bar is well connected with inland Montenegro, as well as with the rest of the Montenegrin coast. The Sozina tunnel, completed in 2006, shortened the road connection with Podgorica to around 50 km (31 mi). Bar is connected to other coastal towns by the Adriatic motorway, which extends from Ulcinj to Herceg Novi, and on to Croatia. Bar is also the final station of the Belgrade–Bar railway, which connects Bar with Podgorica, northern Montenegro and Serbia. Podgorica Airport is about 40 km (25 mi) from Bar. There are regular flights to Belgrade, Budapest, Zürich, Frankfurt, Ljubljana, London, Paris, Rome and Vienna.[citation needed] As well the Blueline bus company provides public bus service with the central city of Bar as well as near the city of Sutomore. There is also inter city buses as well as international buses such as Flexbus.

Sport edit

 
Indoor Topolica Sport Hall

Bar has over fifty sports clubs, and associations including a chess club. The town's major football club is FK Mornar who share the Stadion Topolica with lower league sides FK Hajduk Bar and Stari Bar team FK Sloga Bar. Bar once had two teams in the top tier, with OFK Bar featuring in the 2010–11 season alongside FK Mornar. KK Mornar Bar is the local basketball club.[citation needed]

There are numerous sports facilities in the Bar hotels and schools. In the centre of town, most of the facilities are in the Sports and Recreation Centre. Water sports such as diving are common.[citation needed] Sports tourism is promoted because of the proximity to the sea and lake. Bar hosted the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship and the 2010 Men's u18 European Handball Championship.

Notable people edit

International relations edit

Twin towns — sister cities edit

Bar is twinned with:[23][24]

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ Written identically in Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian.
  2. ^ Written identically in Serbian Cyrillic.

References edit

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  6. ^ Vasić 2005, p. 101.
  7. ^ Ivan Jovović, 2013, Dvooltarske crkve na crnogorskom primorju, {Glavni razlozi propadanja katoličke crkve na graničnim područjima, kao što je na primjer barska arhidijeceza jeste emigracija starosjedilačkog stanovništva, ali i imigracija ovog etničkog i vjerskog elementa, koje dovode Turci, "The main reasons for collapse of the Catholic Church in border areas, such as Archdiocese of Bar, are emigration of the indigenous population, but also immigration of new ethnic and religious element, brought by the Turks"} https://www.maticacrnogorska.me/files/53/06%20ivan%20jovovic.pdf #page= 67
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  9. ^ MacKenzie, David (1967). The Serbs and Russian Pan-Slavism, 1875-1878. Cornell University Press. p. 317. ISBN 0801402832.
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  11. ^ Noppen, Ryan K., Austro-Hungarian Cruisers and Destroyers 1914–18, Osprey Publishing, U.K., 2016, pp. 27–29. ISBN 978-1-4728-1470-8
  12. ^ Guide to Places of the World. London: Reader's Digest Association Ltd. 1995. p. 73. ISBN 0-276-42213-9.
  13. ^ "The billion-dollar motorway leading Montenegro to nowhere". euronews. 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  14. ^ "How A Chinese-Built Highway Drove Montenegro Deep Into Debt". NPR.org. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  15. ^ "Focus - Montenegro's highway to debt: Unfinished Chinese road comes with strings attached". France 24. 2021-08-30. Retrieved 2021-09-01.
  16. ^ Montenegro Google map accessed 23 October 2015.
  17. ^ Peel, M. C. et al Updated world map of the Köppen–Geiger climate classification. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 2007, Volume 11(1027–5606) pp1633–1644 DOI 10.5194 Hess-11-1633-2007.
  18. ^ a b "Climate: Bar" (in Montenegrin). Hydrological and Meteorological Service of Montenegro. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  19. ^ "Dnevni prosjeci i ekstremi" (in Montenegrin). Hydrological and Meteorological Service of Montenegro. May 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  20. ^ Становништво, упоредни преглед броја становника 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1981, 1991, 2003, подаци по насељима. Подгорица: Републички завод за статистику. 2005. COBISS-ID 8764176.
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  22. ^ Bar-Bari Ferry Montenegro Lines.com
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  24. ^ "Bratimljenje" (PDF). database.uom.me (in Montenegrin). Zajednica opština Crne Gore. January 2013. p. 29. Retrieved 2019-12-29.

Sources edit

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  • Кунчер, Драгана (2009). Gesta Regum Sclavorum. Vol. 1. Београд-Никшић: Историјски институт, Манастир Острог.
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  • Vasić, Milan (2005). Naselja na Balkanskom Poluostrvu od XVI do XVIII Vijeka (in Serbian). Banja Luka: Narodna I Univerzitetska Biblioteka Republike Srpske. ISBN 99938-0-584-X.

External links edit

  • (in Montenegrin)
  • Tourist Organization of Bar
  • Bar Attractions

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Bar Montenegro news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message Bar Montenegrin Bar a Bar b pronounced bar Albanian Tivar i is a coastal town and seaport in southern Montenegro It is the capital of the Bar Municipality and a center for tourism According to the 2023 census the city proper had 15 868 inhabitants while the total population of Bar Municipality was 46 171 1 Bar Montenegro Bar TivarCity and municipalityFrom the top Stari Bar Church of St Jovan Vladimir The Port of BarFlagCoat of armsLocation within MontenegroCoordinates 42 06 N 19 06 E 42 10 N 19 10 E 42 10 19 10Country MontenegroMunicipalityBarSettlements85Government MayorDusan Raicevic DPS Area City and municipality598 km2 231 sq mi Population 2023 census Rank3rd in Montenegro Density67 0 km2 174 sq mi Urban15 868 Rural30 303 Municipality46 171DemonymBaraniTime zoneUTC 1 CET Summer DST UTC 2 CEST Postal code85000Area code 382 30ISO 3166 2 codeME 02Car platesBRClimateCsa CfaWebsiteOfficial website For other uses see Bar disambiguation Contents 1 Name 2 History 2 1 Ancient times 2 2 Middle Ages 2 3 Venetian and Ottoman period 2 4 Contemporary 3 Geography 3 1 Location 3 2 Climate 3 3 Flora and fauna 4 Demographics 4 1 Divisions and settlements 4 2 Ethnicity 4 3 Religion 5 Economy 5 1 Transport 6 Sport 7 Notable people 8 International relations 8 1 Twin towns sister cities 9 Footnotes 10 References 11 Sources 12 External linksName editBar is supposed to be a shortened Slavic variant of Antivari 2 3 The name is thought to be derived from the Latin Antibarum or Antibari which later in Greek was transformed into Antivarion Antivari due to its pronunciation A name taken because of its location and which means in front of Bari 4 Variations are in Italian Antivari Antibari in Albanian Tivari or Tivar in Turkish Bar in Greek 8hbarion Thivarion Antibarion Antivarion in Latin Antibarium History editAncient times edit Bar is a historic city It has not been historically established when it was created but archaeological findings of substantial extent prove the presence of life in this location during prehistoric times 3 Local archaeological findings date to the Neolithic era It is assumed that Bar was mentioned as the reconstructed Roman castle Antipargal in the 6th century The name Antibarium was quoted for the first time in the 10th century citation needed Middle Ages edit In the 6th and 7th centuries Slavs occupied the Balkans Duklja a Slavic state was mentioned in the 10th century Jovan Vladimir ruler 1000 1016 of Skadarska Krajina is the first ruler of Duklja whose history is known Stefan Vojislav ruler 1018 1043 the eponymous founder of the Vojislavljevic dynasty defeated the Byzantines in a battle on a hill near Bar He made Bar his seat of power Vojislav then expanded the area under his rule Mihailo I of Duklja ruler 1050 1081 Vojislav s son established the Archdiocese of Antivari He continued to fight the Byzantines in order to secure the town s independence This led to a union of states known as the Serbian Grand Principality From 1101 to 1166 the principality was ruled by the Vukanovic dynasty However from 1166 to 1183 Bar was under Byzantine rule In 1183 Stefan Nemanja conquered and destroyed Bar Until 1360 it was ruled by the Nemanjic dynasty From 1360 onward it comes under the control of the Balsic noble family and Queen Jelena and Balsa III establish the capital there 5 3 Venetian and Ottoman period editBetween 1405 and 1412 Venetians control the Bar and this is also the time when the city has seen the most growth The Venetians grant the Barans rights in an effort to appease and win them over and as a result Bar develops into a sort of city state Barans had their own Statute of Communes were in charge of their own defense possessed judicial authority printed their own currency and were exempt from military service in times of war After the Venetians Bar is again ruled by the Balsics and besides them Stefan Lazarevic and Đurađ Brankovic in the first half of the 15th century held Bar in their hands 3 nbsp Bar in 1863 From 1443 to 1571 the region was ruled by Venice who called it Antivari and it was part of the Albania Veneta It was a town with its own coat of arms flag statute and mint In 1571 the Ottomans captured Antivari and held the town until 1878 6 The archdiocese was preserved With the Ottoman conquest the Catholic Church in the border area and the Archdiocese of Bar began to collapse because indigenous people began to migrate as Ottomans to that area brought a new ethnic and religious element Because of a lack of Catholic priests entire parishes were converted to Orthodoxy 7 One of the archbishops during this period was Andrija Zmajevic In 1571 The Ottomans expelled the Orthodox and Catholic population 8 In 1878 The Ottomans ceded Antivari to Montenegro at the Treaty of Berlin after losing the Russo Turkish War Montenegro s initial main goal in the negotiations was its expansion in Herzegovina and the Sanjak of Novi Pazar but Austro Hungarian expansion made it unrealistic The Ottomans represented by Alexander Karatheodori Pasha declared that they would cede the port of Spizza to Montenegro but not Bar and other areas because they claimed they were primarily inhabited by Catholics and Muslim Albanians After negotiations between Foreign Ministers Gyula Andrassy Austria Hungary and Pyotr Andreyevich Shuvalov Russia it was agreed that Bar would be ceded to Montenegro in return for Russian support for Austrian control over Herzegovina The city port of Bar itself became militarily neutral the total number of Montenegrin vessels in the port was placed under limitations and Austria Hungary acquired the right of patrol of Bar s coastline 9 In 1885 The castle of King Nikola was built there The king had it constructed for his daughter Princess Zorka and his future son in law Prince Petar Karadjordjevic It has a chapel watchtower winter garden small and huge castles and a park A wooden pier for docking ships was located in front of the structure Additionally there is a sizable flower shop with unique construction a gift from King Emmanuel of Italy and a catering establishment called Knjaeva bata The former castle complex is now the Bara Heritage Museum which hosts cultural events In the new Montenegrin Orthodox state Bar went through urban depopulation because many of its urban inhabitants which were in fact Muslims either left or were expelled from the town In the late 1850s the town had 4 000 inhabitants 62 5 of which were Muslims More than half of its population left or was expelled after 1878 The first population register of the town under Montenegrin administration in 1879 counted 1 879 inhabitants Muslims were 30 9 of the population 24 6 were Catholics mostly Albanians in addition to Orthodox mostly Montenegrins and Serbs 10 need quotation to verify Contemporary edit When the Montenegrins recaptured the city after Russo Turkish War life could not be organized in it due to the destruction of war The population first moved to Podgrađe and the urban core was formed at the beginning of the 20th century below Volujica The settlement is called Pristan Novi Bar 3 Guglielmo Marconi the Italian scientist and pioneer in wireless telegraphy using Nikola Tesla s patented technology made a radio connection between Antivari Bar and Bari on 30 August 1904 In 1908 the first railroad in this part of the Balkans was put into operation there citation needed On 8 August 1914 Austria Hungary responded to Montenegro s declaration of war by sending their protected cruisers SMS Zenta and SMS Szigetvar accompanied by the destroyer SMS Uskoke and torpedo boat 72F to conduct an unopposed bombardment of the port of Antivari targeting its wireless station and harbour facilities They were driven away by coastal batteries and destroyed only a wireless station The Austrians declared a formal blockade of the Montenegrin coastline on August 10 On August 16 SMS Zenta and an accompanying destroyer were ambushed and trapped off Antivari by a very large French fleet over twelve battleships and in the subsequent Battle of Antivari the Zenta was sunk with considerable loss of life The destroyer escaped On the 18 September following the Austro Hungarian coastal battleship SMS Budapest with supporting warships bombarded Antivari the port and facilities causing major damage and on October 17 18 the destroyers SMS Scharfschutze SMS Streiter and SMS Ulan bombarded Antivari s harbour On November 18 the destroyer SMS Uskoke also conducted a brief bombardment The Austrians made their largest raid to date on the evening and night of 1 2 March 1915 when their destroyers SMS Csikos SMS Streiter and SMS Ulan covered a raid by three torpedo boats into Antivari harbour The latter destroyed the main wharf and stocks of food and ammunitions along the waterfront and captured the Montenegrin royal yacht Rumija which was later torpedoed The destruction of the wharves prevented larger ships from unloading supplies at the port restricting Allied shipments of food and munitions to the Montenegrin army The Allies realised that with the Austro Hungarian naval base of Cattaro close by there was little they could do 11 In 1918 Bar became part of the Kingdom of Serbs Croats and Slovenes In 1945 Albanians in Bar were massacred by Yugoslavs partisans This event is known as the Bar massacre In 1976 Pristan was demolished with the aim of expanding the Port in its place The population was mainly moved to Topolica where until urbanization there was only a complex of the Castle of King Nicholas 3 After the catastrophic earthquake of 1979 especially conditioned by the work of the Port of Bar the city experienced a demographic boom In the period until 1990 Bar was one of the crucial ports of SFR Yugoslavia which was invested in and which became the political industrial tourist cultural sports center of the region This was especially contributed by the opening of the roads Bar Titograd in 1959 and Bar Belgrade in 1976 12 When Montenegro signed an agreement with the Chinese Government to build a motorway from Bar to the Serbian border part of the Belt and Road initiative in 2014 large tracts of land around Bar were agreed as collateral in the event of the Montenegro government defaulting on payment of the 1 billion dollar loan The project was financed by the Export Import Bank of China 13 14 Contractual disputes can only be resolved through a Chinese court 15 Geography edit nbsp View of Bar from Vrsuta mountain Location edit Bar is located on the coastal western border of Montenegro on the shore of the Adriatic Sea It is approximately 53 kilometres 33 mi from Podgorica the capital of Montenegro To the east is the largest lake in South Europe Lake Skadar To the west across the sea is Italy 16 Climate edit Bar has a borderline humid subtropical Cfa and Mediterranean climate Csa in the Koppen climate classification since the driest month has 37 mm 1 5 inches of precipitation preventing it from being classified as solely humid subtropical or Mediterranean 17 Winters are cool and rainy with an average high of 12 3 C 54 1 F in January and a low of 4 3 C 39 7 F Snow is very rare occurrence in Bar it usually snows once in a few years The highest recorded snowfall occurred during January 2000 when 9 centimetres 3 5 in was measured Summers are generally warmer drier and sunnier than the winter months During summer the highest temperatures are around 27 to 28 C 81 to 82 F and the lowest 18 C 64 F Precipitation is low during the summer months although rainfall can still occur with July averaging 4 5 days with measurable precipitation Spring and fall are transitional seasons that feature mild weather that can often be wet and unpredictable There are on average 2523 hours of sunshine per year ranging from a low of 111 6 hours in December to a high of 350 3 hours in July 18 Climate data for Bar Montenegro 1961 1990 extremes 1949 present Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year Record high C F 21 2 70 2 27 2 81 0 26 0 78 8 30 7 87 3 32 5 90 5 36 6 97 9 37 7 99 9 37 0 98 6 33 6 92 5 32 3 90 1 28 4 83 1 22 6 72 7 37 7 99 9 Mean daily maximum C F 12 3 54 1 12 9 55 2 14 9 58 8 17 9 64 2 21 9 71 4 25 2 77 4 27 8 82 0 27 8 82 0 25 3 77 5 21 7 71 1 17 3 63 1 13 7 56 7 19 9 67 8 Daily mean C F 8 3 46 9 8 9 48 0 10 6 51 1 13 6 56 5 17 7 63 9 21 2 70 2 23 4 74 1 23 1 73 6 20 4 68 7 16 8 62 2 13 1 55 6 9 8 49 6 15 6 60 0 Mean daily minimum C F 4 3 39 7 5 1 41 2 6 7 44 1 9 2 48 6 13 0 55 4 16 3 61 3 18 4 65 1 18 3 64 9 15 9 60 6 12 6 54 7 9 2 48 6 5 9 42 6 11 2 52 2 Record low C F 7 2 19 0 6 21 5 5 22 1 0 7 33 3 4 7 40 5 9 1 48 4 12 2 54 0 9 5 49 1 7 9 46 2 0 2 31 6 2 4 27 7 5 6 21 9 7 2 19 0 Average precipitation mm inches 155 6 6 13 149 1 5 87 130 1 5 12 126 1 4 96 86 0 3 39 56 5 2 22 36 9 1 45 53 0 2 09 106 5 4 19 139 9 5 51 182 2 7 17 169 9 6 69 1 391 8 54 79 Average precipitation days 0 1 mm 13 13 12 12 9 7 5 5 7 9 14 14 120 Average relative humidity 65 64 67 71 73 72 68 69 70 68 69 68 69 Mean monthly sunshine hours 120 9 124 2 170 9 198 9 259 7 297 4 351 5 317 3 252 1 198 8 124 6 111 6 2 527 9 Source Hydrological and Meteorological Service of Montenegro 18 19 Flora and fauna edit nbsp Olea europea ancient olive tree The coastal part of Bar supports maquis shrubland with oak holm oak laurel myrtle Spanish broom oleander hawthorn sloe thorn butcher s broom and asparagus To the north and the mountains there are oak and beech forests Citrus fruits including tangerine orange and lemon grow in the Bar area as do pomegranates olives grapevines and figs Ginkgo biloba grows in the park of King Nikola s palace citation needed Skadar Lake is rich in bird life including the pelican Game animals are found in Ostros Rumija Lisinj Sutorman and Sozina and include rabbit badger fox wolf and boar At the Bar sea shore one finds various kinds of shells snails echinodermata cephalopoda and crayfish citation needed Demographics editHistorical populationYearPop 1948897 19531 113 24 1 19612 184 96 2 19713 612 65 4 19816 742 86 7 199110 971 62 7 200313 719 25 0 201113 503 1 6 202315 868 17 5 Bar is the administrative centre of Bar Municipality which includes the town of Sutomore and other small coastal towns A census in 2023 recorded 46 171 people in the Bar Municipality Bar city had 15 868 inhabitants 1 20 Divisions and settlements edit The municipality of Bar is divided into 12 communes mjesna zajednica consisting of 83 settlements Commune Settlements Bar I central business district Bar II Polje Burtaisi Celuga part of Rena Bar III part of Bjelisi Sokolana Stara Ambulanta Zgrade Prvoborca Bar IV Popovici part of Bjelisi Ahmetov Brijeg Vuletica Brijeg part of Rena and Trsanj Bar V Sustas Zupci Marovici Tuđemili Susanj Zukotrlica Novi Pristan Zeleni Pojas Ilino Susanj Carevici Vitici and Paladini Sutomore Brca Zelen Obala Zeljeznicke Kolonije Mirosica I Turke Pobrđe Gorelac Miljevci Sozina Zankovici Suvi Potok Mirosica II Zgrade Bjelila Papani Haj Nehaj Zagrađe Misici Đurmani and Canj Stari Bar Old Bar Stari Bar Baukovo Belveder Velembusi Gretva Brbot Turcini Menke Mikulici Podgrad Bartula Rap Gornja Poda and Donja Poda Tomba Gornje Zaljevo and Donje Zaljevo Mrko je vici Pecurice Dobra Voda Grdovici Pelinkovici Dabezici Velje Selo Kunje Velja Gorana and Mala Gorana Krajina Arbnes Veliki Ostros Mali Ostros Martici Runji Kostanjica Boboviste Ckla Tejani Sestan Livari Gornja i Donja Briska Gornji Murici Donji Murici Besa Pincici Bapsulj Sestan Crmnica Virpazar Orahovo Braceni Mikovici Zabes Boljevici Sotonici Bukovik Macuge Dupilo Popratnica Komarno Trnovo Gornji Brceli Donji Brceli Brijege Ovtocici Tomici Utrg Godinje Seoca Krnjice Limljani Gluhi Do Ethnicity edit Ethnic composition of the town in 2011 21 Ethnicity Number Percentage Montenegrins 6 901 51 11 Serbs 4 487 33 23 Bosniaks 410 3 04 Ethnic Muslims 273 2 02 Albanians 121 0 89 Croats 121 0 89 Other 78 0 58 Not declared 787 5 82 Total 13 503 100 Religion edit nbsp St Jovan Vladimir church The main religion in Bar is Orthodox Christianity However there are churches from both the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic traditions as well as mosques built by Ottomans in the Islamic tradition Bar is the birthplace of Saint Jovan Vladimir In 1089 the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar was founded and included most of Montenegro and Serbia citation needed Religion Number Percentage Eastern Orthodox 10 499 77 7 Islam 1 433 10 6 Roman Catholic 745 5 5 Atheist 250 1 85 Agnostic 19 0 14 Other 59 0 4 Undeclared 459 3 3 Economy edit nbsp Stari Bar the Old Town of Bar nbsp A fragment of the town walls of Stari Bar nbsp King Nikola s Palace The economy of Bar relies upon the Port of Bar the Belgrade Bar railway and the Sozina tunnel The Port of Bar is the most recognizable feature of the city It occupies 3 100 m 10 170 60 ft of seacoast land area of 800 ha and aquatorium of 200ha It is capable of reloading 5 million tons of goods annually In 1976 the Belgrade Bar railway was opened It made the Adriatic coast accessible to tourists and transport to the Port of Bar The food company Primorka has been operating in Bar for more than 50 years It produces olive oil and pomegranate juice There are 95 000 olive trees about 80 000 citrus trees lemon orange tangerine and grapefruit in the municipal area The centre for subtropical cultures founded in 1937 is the oldest scientific institution in Montenegro Tourism is also a major part of Bar s economy citation needed Transport edit Bar has a ferry line to Bari Italy which is operated by Montenegro Lines 22 In season ferries also go to Ancona Italy Bar is well connected with inland Montenegro as well as with the rest of the Montenegrin coast The Sozina tunnel completed in 2006 shortened the road connection with Podgorica to around 50 km 31 mi Bar is connected to other coastal towns by the Adriatic motorway which extends from Ulcinj to Herceg Novi and on to Croatia Bar is also the final station of the Belgrade Bar railway which connects Bar with Podgorica northern Montenegro and Serbia Podgorica Airport is about 40 km 25 mi from Bar There are regular flights to Belgrade Budapest Zurich Frankfurt Ljubljana London Paris Rome and Vienna citation needed As well the Blueline bus company provides public bus service with the central city of Bar as well as near the city of Sutomore There is also inter city buses as well as international buses such as Flexbus Sport edit nbsp Indoor Topolica Sport Hall Bar has over fifty sports clubs and associations including a chess club The town s major football club is FK Mornar who share the Stadion Topolica with lower league sides FK Hajduk Bar and Stari Bar team FK Sloga Bar Bar once had two teams in the top tier with OFK Bar featuring in the 2010 11 season alongside FK Mornar KK Mornar Bar is the local basketball club citation needed There are numerous sports facilities in the Bar hotels and schools In the centre of town most of the facilities are in the Sports and Recreation Centre Water sports such as diving are common citation needed Sports tourism is promoted because of the proximity to the sea and lake Bar hosted the 2010 FIBA Europe Under 16 Championship and the 2010 Men s u18 European Handball Championship Notable people editSee also Category People from Bar MontenegroInternational relations editSee also List of twin towns and sister cities in Montenegro Twin towns sister cities edit Bar is twinned with 23 24 nbsp Adana Turkey nbsp Bari Italy nbsp Bor Serbia nbsp Bornova Turkey nbsp Cherepovets Russia nbsp Corfu Greece nbsp Elbasan Albania nbsp Hongkou Shanghai China nbsp Kucukkuyu Turkey nbsp Kula Serbia nbsp Kursk Russia nbsp Kragujevac Serbia nbsp Mali Iđos Serbia nbsp Maribor Slovenia nbsp Mariupol Ukraine nbsp Ningbo China nbsp Nuremberg Germany nbsp Piaseczno Poland nbsp Podolsk Russia nbsp Pozarevac Serbia nbsp Resen North Macedonia nbsp Vodnjan Croatia nbsp Zivinice Bosnia and HerzegovinaFootnotes edit Written identically in Bosnian Croatian and Serbian Written identically in Serbian Cyrillic References edit a b Preliminary results of the 2023 Census of Population Households and Dwellings Monstat Retrieved 25 January 2024 Room A Placenames of the World Origins and Meanings of the Names for 6 600 Countries Cities Territories Natural Features and Historic Sites 2nd edition 2005 ISBN 0786422483 a b c d e f History Pouqueville Francois Charles Hugues Laurent 1829 Viaggio in Morea a Costantinopoli ed in Albania non che in molte altre parti dell Impero Ottomano negli anni 1798 1799 1800 e 1801 in Italian Vol VIII Stamperia Alliana pp 189 192 Lovorka Coralic Vol 23 2005 Izbjeglistvo kao sudbina Barani u Mlecima XIV XVII st https hrcak srce hr 7449 page 89 Vasic 2005 p 101 Ivan Jovovic 2013 Dvooltarske crkve na crnogorskom primorju Glavni razlozi propadanja katolicke crkve na granicnim podrucjima kao sto je na primjer barska arhidijeceza jeste emigracija starosjedilackog stanovnistva ali i imigracija ovog etnickog i vjerskog elementa koje dovode Turci The main reasons for collapse of the Catholic Church in border areas such as Archdiocese of Bar are emigration of the indigenous population but also immigration of new ethnic and religious element brought by the Turks https www maticacrnogorska me files 53 06 20ivan 20jovovic pdf page 67 Vasic 2005 p 128 MacKenzie David 1967 The Serbs and Russian Pan Slavism 1875 1878 Cornell University Press p 317 ISBN 0801402832 Palairet Michael R 2003 The Balkan Economies C 1800 1914 Evolution Without Development Cambridge University Press p 31 ISBN 9780521522564 Noppen Ryan K Austro Hungarian Cruisers and Destroyers 1914 18 Osprey Publishing U K 2016 pp 27 29 ISBN 978 1 4728 1470 8 Guide to Places of the World London Reader s Digest Association Ltd 1995 p 73 ISBN 0 276 42213 9 The billion dollar motorway leading Montenegro to nowhere euronews 2021 05 07 Retrieved 2021 09 01 How A Chinese Built Highway Drove Montenegro Deep Into Debt NPR org Retrieved 2021 09 01 Focus Montenegro s highway to debt Unfinished Chinese road comes with strings attached France 24 2021 08 30 Retrieved 2021 09 01 Montenegro Google map accessed 23 October 2015 Peel M C et al Updated world map of the Koppen Geiger climate classification Hydrol Earth Syst Sci 2007 Volume 11 1027 5606 pp1633 1644 DOI 10 5194 Hess 11 1633 2007 a b Climate Bar in Montenegrin Hydrological and Meteorological Service of Montenegro Retrieved 6 March 2021 Dnevni prosjeci i ekstremi in Montenegrin Hydrological and Meteorological Service of Montenegro May 2018 Retrieved 6 March 2021 Stanovnishtvo uporedni pregled broјa stanovnika 1948 1953 1961 1971 1981 1991 2003 podaci po naseљima Podgorica Republichki zavod za statistiku 2005 COBISS ID 8764176 2011 Montenegrin Census PDF in English and Montenegrin Monsta Retrieved 12 July 2011 Bar Bari Ferry Montenegro Lines com Međunarodna saradnja Opstine Bar bar me in Montenegrin Bar Retrieved 2022 10 21 Bratimljenje PDF database uom me in Montenegrin Zajednica opstina Crne Gore January 2013 p 29 Retrieved 2019 12 29 Sources editShishiћ Ferdo ed 1928 Letopis Popa Dukљanina Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja Beograd Zagreb Srpska kraљevska akademiјa Kuncher Dragana 2009 Gesta Regum Sclavorum Vol 1 Beograd Nikshiћ Istoriјski institut Manastir Ostrog Zhivkoviћ Tibor 2009 Gesta Regum Sclavorum Vol 2 Beograd Nikshiћ Istoriјski institut Manastir Ostrog Vasic Milan 2005 Naselja na Balkanskom Poluostrvu od XVI do XVIII Vijeka in Serbian Banja Luka Narodna I Univerzitetska Biblioteka Republike Srpske ISBN 99938 0 584 X External links edit nbsp Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Bar nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bar Montenegro Official site of Bar municipality in Montenegrin News site for Bar Tourist Organization of Bar Old Bar Fortress City Bar Attractions Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bar Montenegro amp oldid 1219202234, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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