Petrovac

Sightseeing near Petrovac na Moru

Last edited 20.07.2022 at 08:10 by NV Charts Team

Latitude

42° 12’ 24.2” N

Longitude

18° 56’ 29.9” E

Description

The area around Petrovac has been settled since the Roman times, here the trade route that passed through the mountains came to the coast and so a town developed.
Ruins from the Roman times were found behind the church of St. Ilija, a mosaic floor from the 4th century and ruins of a villa with baths.  Later there was a Slavic village. Under Venetian rule, the fortress "Kastel Lastva" was built at the northern end of the bay on a natural, wide rocky breakwater in the 16th century, as a protection against pirates.
The place was called Kaštel Lastva until the 20th century, when King Peter I Karađorđević (1844-1921), the last king of Serbia, changed the place name to Petrovac.

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This location is included in the following regions of the BoatView harbour guide:

Eastern Mediterranean Montenegro and Albania