Sveti Djordje

Sightseeing near Perast

Last edited 20.07.2022 at 06:50 by NV Charts Team

Latitude

42° 29’ 8.5” N

Longitude

18° 41’ 27.5” E

Description

Sveti Djordje, also known as "Island of the Dead" an island with a traditional style church and large cypress trees. Here is a Benedictine monastery with church (7th century) and a cemetery with graves of prominent citizens from Peras. The island is famous for the tragic story of Ante and Katica. During the Napoleonic invasion in 1813, the men of Perast hid in the tower of Sveti Kriz above Perast. The French retreated to Sveti Djordje (St. George). One of the soldiers of the French army, Ante Slovic, was from Cres, and was engaged to the girl Katica from Perast. The French soldiers opened fire on Sveti Kriz, but a cannonball fell short and hit Katica's house. She was buried on the island of Sveti Djordje. Ante became a hermit. He stayed on Sveti Djordje and became a monk in the monastery, when he died in1821 he was buried next to Katica.
Sveti Djordje is still a Benedictine monastery today. It is not open to visitors.

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This location is included in the following regions of the BoatView harbour guide:

Eastern Mediterranean Montenegro and Albania