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(actually, it's now more of a tap) with an Arabic inscription, a crescent moon
and flowers carved into the stone.
Mosques
One of Ulcinj's most distinctive features is its many mosques. Most are fairly simple
structures and they're generally more interesting from the outside than inside. An excep-
teresting interior frescoes. This imposing stone structure, right on the waterfront, was
completed in 2012, replacing a mosque which predated the Ottomans, which was des-
troyed in 1931.
1749 at the intersection of the main streets but was substantially rebuilt following the
1979 earthquake; its name means 'Top of the Market'. Within the same block but set
MOSQUES
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(Džamija Namaždjah;
Hazif Ali Ulqinaku 71)
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substantially rebuilt after the 1979 earthquake. The ceiling has interesting green-painted
ija; Buda Tomovića bb)
is an elegant complex with a
hammam
(Turkish bathhouse) attached.
St Nicholas' Cathedral
(Saborna crkva Sv Nikole; Buda Tomovića bb)
Set amongst a picturesque grove of gnarled olive
trees below the Upper Gate is this Orthodox cathedral. It's a relative newbie, having been
built in 1890 shortly after the Ottomans were booted out, although it's believed to stand
on the site of a 15th-century monastery.
CHURCH
Liberty Monument
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MONUMENT
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(Ivan Millutinoviqit bb)
On the cliff above Mala Plaža, this imposing monument is a lovely
piece of socialist art that's now neglected and covered in graffiti. Its two V-shaped white
segments resemble a pair of fighter planes that have crash-landed on their noses. Closer
inspection reveals them as stylised wings sprouting from the figures facing each other at
the centre.