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Old Royal Capital Cetinje

The Old Royal Capital Cetinje is one of the municipalities of Montenegro. Due to its former status as the capital of the old Kingdom of Montenegro, it is known as the "Old Royal Capital", which is also translated in English as "Royal Town".
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  • Type: Town with 18,500 residents
  • Description: municipality of Montenegro
  • Also known as: “Cetinje Municipality”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum of King Nikola I Petrović and Blue Palace.

Museum
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The Cetinje Royal Palace is located in , , and for more than 50 years served as the seat of the Montenegrin Royal family. In 1926, it became a museum and from 1980, it was one of the departments in the National Museum of Montenegro.

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The was built as the heir's palace in , . Today the is the official residence of the President of Montenegro. It was built in 1894–1895 in late Empire style as the residence of Crown Prince Danilo of Montenegro, then heir-apparent to the throne.

Museum
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is a royal residence in , the historic capital of . The palace is located in the historic center of Cetinje, near the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cetinje.

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is the historic capital of . The city is of enormous historical and spiritual value to Montenegro. During the siege of the Ottoman empire, Montenegro itself had, at numerous times, been reduced to just and its surroundings.

Old Royal Capital Cetinje

Latitude
42.3916° or 42° 23′ 30″ north
Longitude
18.9127° or 18° 54′ 46″ east
Population
18,500
Elevation
659 metres (2,162 feet)
Open location code
8FJW9WR7+J3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 167047843
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3202640
Wiki­data ID
Q3305075
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Old Royal Capital Cetinje” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Komuna e Cetinës”
  • Arabic: “بلدية سيتينيي”
  • Belarusian: “Цэціне”
  • Belarusian: “Цэцінэ”
  • Bengali: “সেতিঞ্জে পৌরসভা”
  • Catalan: “Antiga Capital Reial de Cetinje”
  • Catalan: “Municipi de Cetinje”
  • Cebuano: “Cetinje”
  • Chinese: “采蒂涅市镇”
  • Chinese: “采蒂涅王家旧都”
  • Danish: “Cetinje”
  • Estonian: “Cetinje vald”
  • Finnish: “Cetinjen kunta”
  • French: “Cetinje”
  • Georgian: “ცეტინიეს მუნიციპალიტეტი”
  • German: “Gemeinde Cetinje”
  • Greek: “Κετίντζε”
  • Gujarati: “સેતિંજે મ્યુનિસિપાલિટી”
  • Hindi: “केतिन्ये नगर पालिका”
  • Indonesian: “Kotamadya Cetinje”
  • Indonesian: “Munisipalitas Cetinje”
  • Italian: “Cettigne”
  • Italian: “Comune di Cettigne”
  • Japanese: “ツェティニェ”
  • Kannada: “ಸೆಟಿಂಜೆ ಪುರಸಭೆ”
  • Korean: “체티녜 지방 자치제”
  • Latvian: “Cetiņes pašvaldība”
  • Lithuanian: “Cetinės opština”
  • Macedonian: “Општина Цетиње”
  • Macedonian: “Престолнина Цетиње”
  • Malay: “Cetinje Municipality”
  • Marathi: “सिटिंजे म्युन्सिपाल्टी”
  • Northern Frisian: “Cetinje (Gemeend)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Cetinje”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cetinje Kommune”
  • Persian: “پایتخت سلطنتی قدیمی ستینجی”
  • Polish: “Cetynia”
  • Polish: “Gmina Cetynia”
  • Portuguese: “Cetinje (município)”
  • Portuguese: “Cetinje”
  • Romanian: “comuna Cetinje”
  • Romanian: “Comuna Cetinje”
  • Russian: “Цетине”
  • Russian: “Цетинье”
  • Serbian: “Opština Cetinje”
  • Serbian: “Prijestonica Cetinje”
  • Serbian: “Општина Цетиње”
  • Serbian: “Пријестоница Цетиње”
  • Serbian: “Цетиње”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opština Cetinje”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Prijestonica Cetinje”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Општина Цетиње”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Пријестоница Цетиње”
  • Sinhala: “චෙටින්ජේ ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Obec Cetinje”
  • Slovenian: “Prestolnica Cetinje”
  • Slovenian: “Prijestonica Cetinje”
  • Slovenian: “Пријестоница Цетиње”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Cetiña”
  • Spanish: “Municipio de Cetinje”
  • Swedish: “Cetinje”
  • Tamil: “செடிஞ்சே நகராட்சி”
  • Telugu: “సెటింజె పురపాలక సంస్థ”
  • Telugu: “సెటింజె మున్సిపాలిటీ”
  • Thai: “เมืองหลวงเซตีเนีย”
  • Turkish: “Cetinje Belediyesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Цетинє”
  • Urdu: “قدیم شاہی دارالحکومت سیتینیے”
  • Vietnamese: “Đô thị tự trị Cetinje”

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