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30 Buda Bar A3

31 Greenwich B4

Shopping

32 Gradska Knjižara E2

33 Mall of Montenegro D4

Information

34 Accident & Emergency Clinic D1

35 Albanian Embassy A4

36 Bosnia & Hercegovinian Embassy F1

37 French Embassy F1

38 German Embassy B3

39 Prva Bank E2

40 Serbian Embassy B3

41 Tourist Organisation Podgorica E2

42 USA Embassy B3

Transport

43 Adria Airlines B2

Croatia Airlines (see 43)

44 Meridian Rentacar A1

Stara Varoš
Podgorica's oldest neighbourhood retains traces of the 400 years in which it was the
centre of a bustling Ottoman Turkish town. The blocky clock tower MAP GOOGLE MAP (Sahat
Kula; Trg Bećir-Bega Osmanagića) overlooking the square was useful for signalling Muslim pray-
er times. In the maze of streets behind it, two mosques remain. You wouldn't know to
look at it, but the Doganjska Mosque MAP GOOGLE MAP (Nemaljića bb) has its origins in the 15th
century. More impressive is the 18th-century Osmanagić Mosque MAP

NEIGHBOURHOOD

GOOGLE MAP (Spasa

Nikolića bb) , which Turkish money has helped to restore.
At the confluence of the two rivers is the ruin of the Ribnica Fortress MAP GOOGLE MAP
(Tvrđava na Ribnici) , built by the Ottomans after their conquest in 1474. The best-preserved
element is a little arched bridge crossing the Ribnica. The pebbly Morača riverbank now