Travel Reference
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• Walk down the long part of the square directly ahead of where you entered (toward Hotel
Vardar). About 20 yards in front of the hotel, take the broad lane angling off to the right
(paved with red-and-white-striped tiles), which leads past mansions of Kotor's medieval big
shots. Turn left down the little lane next to the Montenegro Airlines office. After one short
block, you'll hit Pjaca Sv. Tripuna (a.k.a. Trg od Katedrale), home to the...
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Cathedral of St. Tryphon (Katedrala Sv. Tripuna)
Even though most of today's Kotorians are Orthodox, Kotor's most significant church is
Catholic. According to legend, in 809, Venetian merchants were sailing up the coast from
Nicea(intoday'sTurkey)withtherelicsofSt.Tryphon—athird-centurymartyrandtoday's
patron saint of gardeners. A storm hit as they approached the Bay of Kotor, so they took
shelter here. Every time they tried to leave, the weather worsened...so they finally got the
message that St. Tryphon's remains should remain in Kotor.
Cost and Hours:
€2, daily June-Sept 9:00-19:00, April-May and Oct 9:00-18:00, Nov-
March 9:00-15:00, Mass on Sun at 10:00.
