Giovanni (919 ft.; accessible by permission of the commandant
only); from the chapel of Madonna della Salute good survey of the
town. The town is entered from the harbour by the Porta della Marina
(closed for carriages at 11 p.m.), from the N. by the Porta Fiumera
(closed at 9 p.m.), and from the S. by the Porta Gordicchio (closed
at 10 p.m.), the two last gates being named after two springs issuing
from the rocks. From the Porta della Marina we proceed to the
market-place, with the Guard House and Custom House to the left;
straight on is a Clock Tower, in front of which stands a Roman altar.
From the E. side of the square we may ascend to San Giovanni (see
above); to the S. (right) a narrow street, passing the Post and Tele-
graph Office, leads to the Cathedral, containing a chapel of the patron-
saint Triphonius (whose festival is on 3rd Feb.). Outside the Porta
Fiumera the Montenegrins hold market on Mon., Thurs., and Sat.,
on which occasion they are required to lay aside their weapons.
Notices and sign-boards in the Cyrillian (Russian) character also
indicate the proximity of the frontier. — Beautiful walks along the
shore, N.E. to (¾ hr.) Dóbrota (p. 310), N.W. to (½ hr.) Mula
(p. 310). To Fort Trinità, see p. 313.
From Cáttaro to (9 M.) Budua, a little town to the S., on the coast of
the Primorje, diligence daily in 4 hrs.
From cÁttaro to corfu, 242 Knots, Austrian Lloyd steamer once
a week in 52 hrs. (Durazzo and the stations beyond are also touched
at by the Lloyd steamers bound for Constantinople). The vessel sails
through the Bocche di Cattaro and beyond the Punta d'Ostro (p. 309) turns
to the S.E., passing Santo Stefano,Castel Lastua, and Spizza, the southern-
most place in Dalmatia, with the high-situated fortress of Haj-Nehej. —
44 Knots. Rada di Antivari, in Montenegro; on the beach is one of the
Prince's villas. A carriage-road leads E. to (3 M.) Antivari, which has lain
in ruins since the bombardment by the Montenegrins in 1877. — 58 Knots.
Dulcigno has belonged to Montenegro since 1880. Above the harbour is
the walled old town, and in the background is the new town which rises
in terraces. As we continue our voyage we observe on the left the mouth
of the Bojana, the boundary river between Montenegro and Turkish Albania.
— 77 Knots. San Giovanni di Medua, with a few houses, whence we may
reach Scutari (p. 315; 6 hrs. by carriage, which must be ordered at Scutari,
in summer only, 10 Medjidiye or 42 ½ K.; on horse-back in summer in
7 hrs., 1 ½, in winter in 9-10 hrs. 2 ½ Medjidiye). — About 4 ½ M. to the
S.E. is the unimportant place of Alessio, on the Drin, where the Albanian
prince Scanderbeg (Georg Castriota) died in 1468. — The steamer turns to
the N., and passes the mouth of the Drin. — 114 Knots. Durazzo, not far
from the ancient Dyrrhachium, of which, however, only scanty remains are
preserved. The coast is flat as far as (171 Knots) Valona, but beyond that,
the mountains again approach close to the sea. — We now pass through
the Straits of Otranto, touching at (222 Knois) Santi Quaranta, and then
through the Channel of Corfù to (242 Knots) Corfù (see Baedeker's Greece).
55. Excursion to Montenegro.
A visit from Cáttaro to (28 M.) Cetinje, the capital of Montenegro, takes
1 ½-2-day; a most interesting excursion (diligence with 4 seats daily in
6 hrs., 4 K.; carr. and pair with two seats, there and back, 25 K.; saddle-
horse 15-20 K.).
Montenegro (Serv. Ornagora, Turk. Karadag, 'black moun-
tain'), 3500 sq. M. in area, with 230,000 inhab., almost exclusively