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viddra Says: The church with the paintings covering its walls and ceiling is the museum itself, but there's also separate part in it where you can see various exhibits found in this area. Probably the most famous and valuable exhibit here is the embroidery work done by Jacinta...
viddra Says: Take a look at this unusual table made of stone with 2 titans holding its upper part.
The Church Of Our Lady Of The Rocks
viddra Says: The present Church of Our Lady of the Rocks was built in 1630 on the place of an old chapel built in 1452. The church was enlarged in 1722.Inside the church you can see the marble shrine with the 15th-century icon of Our Lady of the Rocks by Lovro Dobricevic from Kotor. The...
grkboiler Says: Sveti Djordje is a natural island that has had a Benedictine monastery on it since the 11th century. The present church dates back to the 17th and 18th centuries.
grkboiler Says: Gospa od Skrpjela (church of Our Lady of the Rock), is actually a man-made island that took hundreds of years to complete. It is said that in 1452 an icon was found by fishermen from Perast on a rock in the Bay of Kotor. The icon began performing miracles, and they vowed to...
goga4444 Says: just beside the church where you can see many things donated and related to the island. Among them this Jesus in the stone ... There are paintings, old stones etc.Even one work of one woman who was makeing a embroidery while waiting for her husbant to come back from the sea....
goga4444 Says: There is world's biggest collectio of this kind of plates . There are arround 3 000 golden and silver plates in this church. Every time a sailor was in trouble at the sea and when parayed to Lady of the Rocks , he wpould order silver or golden plate for the curch and donated...
goga4444 Says: What you can see on pis is the church oltar and the icon of Lady of the Rocks which those two sailors found on the rock . Originaly it had silver over it , but it is removed and now it is on the wall left of the icon.
goga4444 Says: Current Church was built in 1632 and enlarged in 1722. You ll pay 50 euro cents to get inside of the church and museum just beside the church. You ll have a guide who will tell you the stry about the island and church history.
goga4444 Says: or Lady of the Rocks is a little island near Perast in Kotor- Risan Bay . The story says that two sailors were saved on a small rock and they have found the icon of Virgin Marry there, so thankfull for their life they decided to make an island there and build a church. So it...
grkboiler Says: The nearest town to Gospa od Skrpjela is Perast, which is a short drive from Kotor. If you wish to visit the island, you can catch a boat on the Perast waterfront.
goga4444 Says: In Perast there is a beach cafe caleld Pirat where you can find a guy with a boat who will take you to the island for 2 euros per person, whenever you want. The ride is about 10 minutes.There are other options to take a whole day boat trip from Igalo for 10 euros and visit...
viddra Says: Every 22 July, decorated boats (barke) take rocks from Perast to Gospa od Skrpjela and throw them into the sea. In this way they remember the time when the islet was made many years ago.
Dress code for the Church and Museum
goga4444 Says: It is on the sea I know , but you 'll have to have shirt and pants or skirt . So if you plan to go , be sure you bring some shirt ...
Getting married at the island...
goga4444 Says: The custos is that bride leaves the bouquet and what she has on the head in the church , as you can see on the pic.
viddra Says: Women should wear scarves and cover their shoulders.Men shouldn't wear beach clothes.
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The custos is that bride leaves the bouquet and what she has on the head in the church , as you can see on the pic.
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Directly off the coast of Perast, in Boka Kotorska Bay, there's this lovely islet of Our Lady of the Rocks (Gospa od Skrpjela). It was named after the patroness of seamen and fishermen. According to...
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Gospa od Skrpjela & Sveti Djordje
A main attraction and one of the most important locations in Montenegro are 2 small islands in the Bay of Kotor. They are Sveti Djordje and Gospa od Skrpjela. Gospa od Skrpjela has an amazing story...
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Gospa od Skrpjela (from the Italian Madonna dello Scarpello) is a baroque church located deep in the Bay of Kotor. The small island where the church is located is right across from the town of Perast....
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Our Lady made of Rocks - Gospa od skrpjela
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