One of the most interesting fortresses in Montenegro is Gorazda, located a 7-minute drive from the cities of Kotor and Tivat. At an altitude of 452 m in the middle of the hill you can see the Austrian fort built in 1886. It offers a cool panorama of the bay, old Kotor and Tivat airport. Fortresses of Austrian times are not protected by the state, except that Mamula on the island was given for reconstruction into a 5-star hotel... To visit Gorazhda, be sure to take a flashlight (or on your phone) One of the most interesting fortresses in Montenegro - Gorazha, is a 7-minute drive from the cities of Kotor and Tivat. At an altitude of 452 m in the middle of the hill you can see the Austrian fort built in 1886. It offers a cool panorama of the bay, old Kotor and Tivat airport. Fortresses of Austrian times are not protected by the state, except that Mamula on the island was given for reconstruction into a 5-star hotel... To visit Gorazhda, be sure to take a flashlight (or on your phone) It is interesting primarily because it has a large armored dome developed by engineer and industrialist German Gruzon. At that time, it was a very progressive technical solution that allowed circular shelling from under the cover of armor. 1 person was placed inside the cylinder (there is a hole at the top center). This is a huge sphere of about 3 meters in diameter. And it was armed with two very solid 120 mm barrels. One person controlled this installation, and the rotary mechanism was driven by two soldiers. The range of these guns was more than 10 kilometers. Only five such installations were produced. All of them were used in the territory of the Kingdom of Austria-Hungarians in Eastern Europe. But only one has survived to this day - in Montenegro on the fortress of Gorazha. Be sure to climb the spiral staircase upstairs, where there is a huge armored dome, there you will see a panorama, pay attention to the small domes, there is the seal of Emil Skoda's factory in 1896
