Visiting the town of Budva can not even notice the Catholic Church of the Virgin Mary, which gave its name to the Budva Citadel. This ancient temple was built in the IX century, it is a continuation of the ramparts, and at first glance you can not even say that it is the House of God. The full name of the church sounds like Santa Maria in Punta.

Legend accompanying the temple, says that the Spanish friars spread throughout the world the Christian faith, coming to the shore in Budva 840, installed on the ramparts icon of the Virgin Mary, around which the lighted candles. At the urging of the monks are many Christians living in the city came to pay homage to her. At this point it was decided to build a church in honor of the icon named above.

One of the attractions of this region is a true inscription left on the ramparts monks in the construction of the church in the middle of the IX century. Throughout the eastern coast of the Adriatic, this inscription is the oldest.

Church of the Virgin Mary in the XIV century owned the Franciscan monastic order, and operated it until 1807, is included in the city of Napoleon's troops have not turned it into a stable. The speaker system of the church is unique, so there are now often carried out all sorts of musical evenings.

Another feature of this church is that it shared a wall with the Orthodox Church of St. Sava, which today is also not valid.