Herceg Novi
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Herceg Novi is a town in Coastal region of Montenegro located at the Western entrance to the Bay of Kotor and at the foot of Mount Orjen. It is the administrative center of the Herceg Novi Municipalit
Herceg Novi Sunset
View from Žvinje, Herceg Novi, Montenegro 08
Twierdza Forte Mare w Herceg Novi
Widoki z twierdzy Forte Mare na Herceg Novi 03
Siege of Castelnuovo
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The siege of Castelnuovo was an engagement during the Ottoman-Habsburg struggle for control of the Mediterranean, which took place in July 1539 at the walled town of Castelnuovo, present-day Herceg No
Herceg Novi
…the upper edge of the city. However, there was a short pause between 1538 and 1539 when it was held by the Spaniards before they were defeated in the Siege of Castelnuovo. In their brief overlordship, the Spanish built a Hispaniola fort above the city that is well-preserved today. Evliya Çelebi visits the Bay of Kotor…
View of Castelnuovo in the 16th century – engraving by an unknown 17th-century artist
Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha defeats the Holy League of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor under the command of Andrea Doria, Prince of Melfi at the Battle of Preveza (1538) – painting from 1866 by Ohannes Umed Behzad
Portrait of Andrea Doria, c. 1520, by Sebastiano del Piombo
Portrait of Suleiman the Magnificent, attributed to Titian. c.1530