Maritime Museum of Montenegro

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A visitor standing before a tall glass case holding a rigged model of a square-sailed warship, with a framed portrait on the wall behind.

Kotor's proud history as a naval power is celebrated in three stories of displays housed in a wonderful early-18th-century palace. An audio guide helps explain the collection of photographs, paintings, uniforms, exquisitely decorated weapons and models of ships.

Just outside the museum, look out for the Karampana Well and its ornate wrought-iron fence; for centuries, this tiny well provided all of Kotor's fresh drinking water.

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