Kotor Fortress - one of the unique attractions. The walls of the citadel is surrounded by the old part of the city, climbing the rocky hill. Height - 20 meters, length - 4, 5 kilometers. The wall thickness is 16 meters.

Construction of the citadel began to Romans, destroying the base and walls that were erected here before the Illyrians. Further, who captured the strategically important bay, the Byzantines were they destroyed the already decrepit citadel and built in its place a new one. Further, the citadel of Kotor has been influenced by many different invaders. Byzantines in the middle of the IX century, the Arabs changed, after whom were Bulgarians, Venetians and Serbs.

A turning point in the history of the citadel began in 1657. Since that time, about half of the fortress was not available to the public. According to legend, during the war between the Venetians and the Turks for power over whom, residents took refuge in the fortress, ready to fight to the end. The Turks never managed to conquer the fortress, but also residents of the city could not get out of it, because the key to the gate they have thrown into the sea. It managed to escape after the earthquake, which has a crack in the wall of the fortress. However, after that it was closed again, and since that time access to the inside of the citadel is impossible.

Subsequently, a fortress attacked the French fleet at the beginning of XIX century. After that, who was released from Russian French occupation and rebuilding the citadel was completed.