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Danilovgrad




  City Name Cyr Даниловград
  Mayor
  City
  Municipalaty 501
  Population 4000
  Municipility 16,376
  Time Zone UTC +1
  Founded
  Latitude N
  Longitude E
  Area Code 81
  Car Plates PG
  Website http://wwwdanilovgradcgyu/
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  Colour Scheme background:#cccccc


Danilovgrad (Даниловград) is a town and municipality situated in the pleasant plain of Bjelopavlići in Montenegro .

Danilovgrad was founded with the purpose of being the capital of Montenegro. However, after the liberation of Niksic and Podgorica which slowed down its significance.It got it's name after it's creator Prince Danilo . However fundaments to this little city were made first by King Nikola I in 1870. Famous attraction is the well of Glava Zete it's located in the vicinity of the city. Today, Danilovgrad covers the space of 501 square kilometers with about 15 000 inhabitants. There are the Art galleries, Historical museums, and a rich library in Danilovgrad. The most significant sacral monument is the monastery Zdrebaonik ,this monastery is 2km from the city and its founder is Nemanja’s son Vukan .

Several kilometers from Danilovgrad, towards the city Niksic , there is one of the major Serbian Orthodox sacred places - a monastery called Ostrog - built high up into vertical rocks. The monastery was founded by Vasilije Jovanovic ( St. Vasilije Ostroski ), the Metropolitan of Herzegovina in 1671. It is the unique ensemble of cave churches and wall-paintings.