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6 unusual facts about Sveti Štefan


Milisav Popović

Popović's essay brought renown to Montenegro for the fact that the cover page of the magazine is in fact a motif of (Sveti Stefan).

Sveti Štefan

Sveti Štefan, Šmarje pri Jelšah, a settlement in the Municipality of Šmarje pri Jelšah

Sveti Stefan

An Adriatic playground for the rich and famous from the 1960s to the 1980s, the hotel is now a 5-star franchise hotel of the international group of Aman Resorts, completed in 2009 and operating under a 30 year lease.

Sveti Štefan

Štefan pri Trebnjem, a settlement in the Municipality of Trebnje, known as Sveti Štefan until 1955

Turje, Hrastnik, a settlement in the Municipality of Hrastnik, known as Sveti Štefan until 1955

Sveti Stefan

On 13 July 2010 Montenegrin Statehood Day, Italian tenor, Andrea Bocelli gave a concert at the resort, to mark the Golden Jubilee of the hotel.


1979 Montenegro earthquake

Similar help was given for the restoration of the Church of Alexander Nevsky on the island of Sveti Stefan.


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1979 Montenegro earthquake

Praskvica Monastery, located between Miločer and Sveti Stefan in the Budva Municipality, suffered greatly too.

Tvrtko I of Bosnia

He built, and in 1382 opened the ports of Brstanik near Počitelj and Sveti Stefan, now known as Herceg Novi in Bay of Kotor Monte Negro as a line of defence from Dubrovnik and Kotor.