"Mount Lovcen" Lovcen by peterdhduncan

Two Black Granite Women Supporting the Mausoleum

Mount Lovcen attracts many people, particularly because the mausoleum of the revered Petar II Petrovic-Njegos, who in the 19th century was both a national leader and a poet, is situated on its summit. Having attained the heights of the car-park, to reach the mausoleum you then have to climb 461 steps, many of them in a tunnel excavated into the mountain.

On the summit, it felt almost as though we were standing on top of the world. Even on a hazy day such as the one on which we visited, the view is of rugged mountains stretching for miles into the distance, with green valleys in the foreground way down below us. On peering through the haze, we could just make out Perast from where we had set off for the day.

At the Summit of Mt Lovcen

On our return to the car-park, we had a drink on the balcony of the restaurant enjoying the dramatic views to the valley below before setting off for Cetinje.

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