Pljevlja

Pljevlja is Montenegro's northernmost city, a place of surprising cultural richness set among the forested mountains near the borders with Serbia and Bosnia. The city's most celebrated landmark is the Husein-Pasha Boljanić Mosque, a beautifully proportioned 16th-century Ottoman masterpiece with exquisite interior decoration that ranks among the finest Islamic monuments in the Balkans. Nearby, the medieval Serbian Orthodox monastery of Sveta Trojica houses precious frescoes and manuscripts. This juxtaposition of Ottoman and Orthodox heritage gives Pljevlja a distinctive cultural character found nowhere else in Montenegro. While the city has a coal mining history that shaped its modern development, the surrounding landscapes of deep valleys and mountain pastures offer genuine wilderness. Pljevlja is an off-the-beaten-path destination for culturally curious travellers.