Mount Lovcen
Lovćen is a mountain and national park in southwestern Montenegro. It is the inspiration behind the names Montenegro and Crna Gora, both of which mean 'Black Mountain' and refer to the appearance of Mount Lovćen when covered in dense forests.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,748 metres
- Description: mountain and national park in southwestern Montenegro
- Also known as: “Leone”, “Lovćen”, and “Stirovnik”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Štirovnik and Mausoleum of Njegoš.
Štirovnik
Peak
Stirovnik is the highest peak of the Lovćen mountain range in Montenegro with an elevation of 1,749 meters above sea level. Its summit is occupied by a telecommunications tower and a military facility that restricts public access.
Mausoleum of Njegoš
Museum
The Mausoleum of Njegoš is a mausoleum interring Petar II Petrović-Njegoš located on the top of Jezerski Vrh Peak on Mount Lovćen. The mausoleum is located twenty-one kilometres via asphalt road from near-by Cetinje and it was built on the idea of Croatian sculptor Ivan Meštrović.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Žanjev Do and Mirac.
Mirac
Village
Mirac is a settlement in Montenegro, three miles from Kotor. It was historically part of the Njeguši tribe. During the Ottoman period it was, together with Njeguši and Zalazi, commanded by Niko Rajkov of the Njeguši clan who had 480 men in arms. Mirac is situated 3½ km southwest of Mount Lovcen.
Njeguši
Village
Njeguši is a village in the Cetinje Municipality of southern Montenegro, located on the slopes of Mount Lovćen, within the Lovćen national park. It is part of the historical territory of the Njeguši tribe. Njeguši is situated 3½ km north of Mount Lovcen.
Mount Lovcen
- Categories: mountain range, mountain, and landform
- Location: Cetinje, Central Montenegro, Montenegro, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Mount Lovcen” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “لوفسين”
- Bosnian: “Lovćen”
- Bulgarian: “Ловчен”
- Catalan: “Lovćen”
- Cebuano: “Štirovnik”
- Chinese: “洛夫森山”
- Chinese: “洛夫欽山”
- Chinese: “洛夫琴山”
- Chinese: “洛夫钦山”
- Croatian: “Lovćen”
- Czech: “Lovćen”
- Dutch: “Lovcen”
- Dutch: “Lovćen”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل لوڤسين”
- Estonian: “Lovćen”
- Finnish: “Lovcen”
- Finnish: “Lovćen”
- French: “Lovcen”
- French: “Mont Lovcen”
- French: “mont Lovćen”
- French: “Mont Lovćen”
- Galician: “Lovćen”
- German: “Lovcen”
- German: “Lovćen”
- German: “Lovčen”
- German: “Nationalpark Lovcen”
- German: “Nationalpark Lovćen”
- Greek: “Λόβτσεν”
- Hebrew: “הר לובצ’ן”
- Hebrew: “לובצ’ן”
- Indonesian: “Lovćen”
- Irish: “Lovćen”
- Italian: “Lovcen”
- Italian: “Lovćen”
- Italian: “Monte Lovćen”
- Japanese: “ロヴチェン山”
- Japanese: “ロブチェン山”
- Ladin: “Lovćen”
- Lithuanian: “Lovčenas”
- Lombard: “Lovćen”
- Macedonian: “Ловќен”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lovcen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lovćen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lovćen nasjonalpark”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lovcen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lovćen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ловћен”
- Norwegian: “Lovćen”
- Polish: “Lovćen”
- Portuguese: “Lovćen”
- Russian: “Ловчен”
- Serbian: “Lovćen”
- Serbian: “Ловћен”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lovćen”
- Slovak: “Lovćen”
- Slovenian: “Lovćen”
- Slovenian: “Lovčen”
- Spanish: “Monte Lovćen”
- Swedish: “Lovćen”
- Ukrainian: “Ловчен”
- Urdu: “لووچن”
- Venetian: “Monte Lovćen”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lovćen and Lovcen National Park.
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