Perast

Perast is a small city in . This is a small quiet town with a population of less than 400 where you can escape Montenegro's busier seaside resorts such as and and enjoy a couple of leisurely hours strolling through the streets, and visit a few museums and churches.
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Photo: Mijail Garrido, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint George and Our Lady of the Rocks.

Islet
Photo: Sailko, CC BY 3.0.
Sveti Đorđe Island is one of the two islets off the coast of Perast in the , . Unlike Gospa od Škrpjela, it is a natural island. A small action took place during the Siege of Cattaro on 14 October 1813 when the French-held island was captured by a British and naval force.

Church
Photo: Bdell555, Public domain.
is one of the two islets off the coast of Perast in the , . It is an artificial island created by bulwark of rocks and by sinking old and seized ships loaded with rocks.

Church
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Risan and Donji Stoliv.

Town
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is a town in the , . It traces its origins to the ancient settlement of Rhizon, the oldest settlement in the . Lying in the innermost portion of the bay, the settlement was protected from the interior by inaccessible…

Village
Photo: Reshila Vonasah, CC BY 2.0.
is a village in the municipality of , . Coat of arms: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stoliv_Flag.png…

Village
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is a village in the municipality of , . It is located north of Tivat, and just south of the Verige crossing.

Perast

Latitude
42.4863° or 42° 29′ 11″ north
Longitude
18.6989° or 18° 41′ 56″ east
Population
349
Elevation
29 metres (95 feet)
Open location code
8FJWFMPX+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 48069998
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
3193504
Wiki­data ID
Q998789
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Venetian—“Perast” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Պերաստ”
  • Asturian: “Perast”
  • Bosnian: “Perast”
  • Bulgarian: “Пераст”
  • Catalan: “Perast”
  • Cebuano: “Perast”
  • Chinese: “佩拉斯特”
  • Croatian: “Perast”
  • Czech: “Perast”
  • Dutch: “Perast”
  • Estonian: “Perast”
  • French: “Perast”
  • German: “Perast”
  • Greek: “Πέραστ”
  • Hebrew: “פראסט”
  • Indonesian: “Perast”
  • Italian: “Perasto”
  • Japanese: “ぺラスト”
  • Japanese: “ペラスト”
  • Korean: “페라스트”
  • Latin: “Perastum”
  • Lithuanian: “Perastas”
  • Macedonian: “Пераст”
  • Malay: “Perast”
  • Persian: “پراست”
  • Polish: “Perast”
  • Portuguese: “Perast”
  • Romanian: “Perast”
  • Russian: “Пераст”
  • Serbian: “Perast”
  • Serbian: “Пераст”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Perast”
  • Slovenian: “Perast”
  • Spanish: “Perast”
  • Swedish: “Perast”
  • Turkish: “Perast”
  • Ukrainian: “Пераст”
  • Urdu: “پیراسٹ”
  • Uzbek: “Perast”
  • Venetian: “Perasto”

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