Черногория has a tradition of искусство going back to prehistory, as testified to by the археологический finds of paintings by prehistoric man in Липци near Рисан dating to the 8th century BC. The drawing represents a deer hunt, and also features a symbol of the rising солнце and others. Another drawing has been discovered on a камень tablet in the Проклетие горы in the север of Черногория, depicting a prehistoric man and a wolf. The Crvena Stijena (Red Rock) site in Petrovići is around 30km from Никшич and is considered one of the most important археологический sites in Europe. Remains from the Middle Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze ages have been found here, and are highly significant, testifying to the beginnings of life not just in this part of Черногория but on the planet as a whole. For many years, местный and foreign expeditions have been coming to this уникальный and internationally significant site. More than 26,000 items from the time of prehistoric man have been excavated here. A great many items used in everyday life have been discovered, such as for the procurement and preparation of food, but also non-utilitarian items. These include handmade камень items, snails and shells, as well as ceramic vessels. The numerous средневековый fortresses in Черногория are an искусство-form in their own right. They feature Byzantine, Romanic, Gothic and Барoque construction styles, as well as камень forms and paintings. Through the ages these fortresses have played a military and feudal role, or were built as town fortifications. They are built of камень and feature surrounding walls and towers. These fascinating structures were raised in numerous прибрежный towns, where Illyrian, Austro-Hungarian, Turkish and Spanish influences predominate, such as in Бар, Улцинь, Херцег-Нови, Будва, Котор, Рисан, Пераст, as well as in the север of Черногория: Rijeka Crnojevića, Подгорица and the Скадарское озеро area. The National Музей at Цетинье includes: King Nikola’s Музей, the Музей of Petar II Petrovic Njegoš, the birth house of Njegoš, the Njegoš Mausoleum on Ловчен, Bishop Danilo’s Mausoleum on Orlov Krš, the Искусство Музей together with the Dado Đurić Contemporary Искусство Галерея, the Ethnographic Музей and the newly-opened Archaeological Музей and Lapidarium. The National Музей houses collections of weapons, medals, flags, crests, stamps, photographs, as well as археологический, numismatic, ethnographic and applied искусство collections. There are also the residence and the chapel raised in honour of the secular and spiritual leader, poet and philosopher Petar II Petrović Njegoš. During the 1970s the Черногория Искусство Музей was known as the Искусство Галерея, and houses some 3,000 exhibits, including some of the most important works in современный Yugoslav and черногорский fine искусство.