Tivat

Infobox Montenegro
city_name=Tivat
city_name_cyr=Тиват
mayor=Dragan Kankaraš (DPS - SDP)
area=46
population=9,467
municipality=13,630
Time zone=UTC+1
founded=19th century
latitude=42.43
longitude=18.70
area_code=82
car_plates=TV
postal=85320
website=www.tivatonline.com
coa_pic=Tivat-coa.jpg
flag_pic=
colour_scheme=background:#cccccc;

Tivat (Serbian Cyrillic: Тиват; Italian and Venetian: "Teodo", Greek: Θειοδος, "Thiodhos") is a coastal town in southwest Montenegro, located in the Bay of Kotor. It has a population of 9,467 (2003 census).

Tivat is the centre of "Tivat municipality" (population 13,630), which is the smallest municipality by area in Montenegro.

History

The origin of the name Tivat supposedly goes back to the 3rd century BC Documents prove as well that Tivat was an important religious centre in the 14th and 15th centuries. The Monastery of St. Michael the Archangel was the seat of the Orthodox Archbishopric of Zeta.

Tivat, the youngest town in the Boka area was established on the spacious plateau at the bottom of Vrmac. According to the archives of Kotor, the following names were mentioned here in the 14th century: Teude, Theode, and Theudo who are related to the queen Teuta. There are not many written traces of the events that happened in this region at the time of Houses of Nemanjić, Balšić, Crnojević, Venice, France, and Austrians.

During the Middle Ages the fertile lands of the Tivat area belonged mostly to the aristocrats of Kotor, Prčanj and Dobrota. There were their big properties, castles, and chalets as well as the collective church of St. Anton dating from 1373. Part of this inheritance, which was the property of the wealthy Buča family, is a marvelous chalet which today houses Tivat’s museums and galleries. The residence of the metropolitan of the Zetan diocese was built from the 13th to the 15th century on Prevlaka Island.

Tivat (called "Teodo" in Venetian language), was under the Republic of Venice as a part of Albania Veneta from 1420 to 1797.

Tivat turned into a town by the end of 19th century when in 1889 the Naval arsenal was built by Austrians, and was later used as a military base of Army of Montenegro). Currently, a Canadian businessman Peter Munk is finalising the negotiations about taking over Arsenal and building a vacation resort and mega-marina named Porto Montenegro.

Geography

It is located in the central part of the Boka, south of mount Vrmac. The municipality lies mostly south of the town, and also has an exit to open sea at the tourist location "Pržno" inlet near "Radovići" village in south. Its central part, where Tivat Airport is located, lies in fertile "Grbalj valley". The airport is located near the isthmus of Luštica peninsula, which belongs to the municipality of Herceg Novi for the most part.

Population

Tivat is the administrative centre of Tivat municipality, which has a population of 13,991 (2004).

In 1991 - 11,404:
* 3,809 Montenegrins ("33.4%")
* 2,663 Croats ("23.35%")
* 2,346 Yugoslavs ("20.57%")
* 1,724 Serbs ("15.11%")
* 219 Muslims ("1.92%")
* 485 others ("4.27%")

Ethnic groups (2004 data), totally 13,991:
*4,911 Serbs ("35.1%")
*4,126 Montenegrins ("29.49%")
*2,761 Croat ("19.73%")
*165 Muslims ("1.18%")
*144 Albanians ("1.03%")
*56 Bosniaks ("0.4%")
*20 Roma ("0.14%")
*470 others ("3.36%")
*1,122 undeclared ("8.02%")
*216 unknown ("1.54%")

Tourism

Besides being a popular tourist resort for Slavic tourists, Tivat is set to become a nautical tourism centre of southern Adriatic.The inlets near Prevlaka, as well as the localities of Župa and Kalimanj, provide great conditions for the construction of marinas and yachting clubs. Canadian businessman Peter Munk has bought a naval shipyard in Tivat, and intends to transform it in luxury vacation resort and a marina for luxury yachts. In Tivat hinterlands, adjacent to Tivat Airport, golf courses have been planned, further shaping Tivats prospects as a luxury resort.

Beginning from 1971 the Tivat Airport acquired the modern runway and it is now a significant airport for foreign air traffic. It served 573,914 passengers in 2007.

Although it is the youngest town in the Boka region, Tivat has many interesting and attractive destinations. Renaissance Summer House Buca in the centre of city, Ostrvo Cvijeća (Flowers’ Island) with sacred monuments, Gornja Lastva, the old nucleus at an altitude of 300 m, the magnificent sandy beach at Plavi Horizonti and the Sveti Marko Islandwith ex-Club Med cottages are the most visited tourist destinations in Tivat area. In the city itself there is the natural port Kalimanj. There is also a choice of cultural events, such as "Bocce Olympiad" and "Summer Fest".

Tivat boasts a beautiful botanic garden thanks to the Bokan sailors who brought back a wide variety of exotic tree species and ornamental plants from their voyages around the globe.

Transport

Tivat is connected with the rest of Montenegro by Adriatic Highway, a two-laned motorway that extends for the length of Montenegrin coast. Reaching inland is made possible by detouring from the Adriatic Highway at Budva or Sutomore (through Sozina tunnel).

The ferry operates on "Kamenari - Lepetane" line at "Verige strait", eliminating the need to go all the way around Boka Kotorska bay in order to reach Herceg Novi riviera. It is speculated that on this ferry route the future Verige bridge will be built.

Tivat Airport is 3 km away. There are regular flights to Belgrade troughout the year, and dozens of charter planes land daily on Tivat airport during the summer season.

ister Cities

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* Sremski Karlovci, Serbia

External links

* [http://www.destination-montenegro.com/tivat.htm Destination-Montenegro.com]
* [http://www.visit-montenegro.com/cities-tivat.htm Visit-Montenegro.com]
* [http://www.photo-montenegro.com/home.php?akcija=rezpret&fKategorija=Tivat Photo-Montenegro.com]
* [http://www.tivatonline.com Tivat Travel Guide]
* [http://www.tivat.travel Tourist Organization of Tivat]
* [http://wikii.itam.ws/index.php/Tivat Tivat]