Cetinje

Cetinje 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 Cetinje and its surroundings.
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  • Type: City with 13,900 residents
  • Description: Old Royal Capital of Montenegro
  • Also known as: Cettinge

Places of Interest

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

Museum
The Cetinje Royal Palace is located in Cetinje, , 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.

The was built as the heir's palace in Cetinje, . 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
Photo: MrSco, CC BY 2.0.
is a royal residence in Cetinje, the historic capital of . The palace is located in the historic center of Cetinje, near the .

Cetinje

Latitude
42.3896° or 42° 23′ 23″ north
Longitude
18.9246° or 18° 55′ 29″ east
Population
13,900
Elevation
686 metres (2,251 feet)
United Nations Location Code
ME CET
Open location code
8FJW9WQF+VR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 255351379
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3202641
Wiki­data ID
Q173338
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In Other Languages

From Afar to Zulu—“Cetinje” goes by many names.
  • Afar: Cetinje
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  • Akan: Cetinje
  • Albanian: Cetina
  • Albanian: Cetinë
  • Albanian: Cetinja
  • Arabic: ستنيي
  • Aragonese: Cetinje
  • Armenian: Ցետինե
  • Armenian: Ցետինյե
  • Arpitan: Cetinje
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  • Avaric: Цетине
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  • Azerbaijani: Çetinye
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  • Belarusian: Цэтынэ
  • Belarusian: Цэціне
  • Bengali: চেটিনিয়ে
  • Bislama: Cetinje
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  • Bulgarian: Цетина
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  • Central Kurdish: سێتینجە
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  • Chinese: 切庭耶
  • Chinese: 切提涅
  • Chinese: 策丁耶
  • Chinese: 策提涅
  • Chinese: 采蒂涅
  • Choctaw: Cetinje
  • Church Slavic: Цетиниѥ
  • Church Slavic: Цєтиниѥ
  • Church Slavic: Цєти́ниѥ
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  • French: Cettigne
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  • Georgian: ცეტინე
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  • German: ME-06
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  • Greek: Κετίγνη
  • Greek: Τσέτινιε
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  • Korean: 체티네
  • Korean: 체티녜
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  • Lithuanian: Cetinė
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  • Macedonian: Цетиње
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  • Mingrelian: ცეტინიე
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  • Ossetian: Цетине
  • Ossetian: Цетинье
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  • Persian: چتینیه
  • Persian: ستینیه
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  • Tamil: செட்டிஞ்
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  • Tatar: Цетине
  • Tetum: Cetinje
  • Thai: เซติเญ
  • Thai: เซตีเนีย
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  • Turkish: Çetine
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  • Ukrainian: Цетинє
  • Ukrainian: Цетинія
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  • Upper Sorbian: Cetinje
  • Urdu: سیتینیے
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  • Welsh: Cettigne
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  • Wu Chinese: 采蒂涅
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  • Yue Chinese: 切庭耶
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