About 45 minutes drive northwest of Montenegro’s capital, Podgorica, is the amazing Ostrog Monastery. The monastery is built into a cliff about 900 meters above the valley and is the most important site in Montenegro for Orthodox Christians. It was built in 1665 under the direction of St. Ba
sil, a bishop from Herzegovina, who brought his monks here after the Ottoman Turks destroyed their previous monastery. St. Basil’s bones are carefully covered by a shroud and are on display within the monastery. Just the fact that they were able to build this place is astounding.
After returning to Podgorica, we had a typical Montenegrin lunch: grilled meat and some of the local brew, Niksico beer. Mighty satisfying.
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Amazing that they could build something like that in that location! Can you imagine the cranes and equipment that a modern engineering company would require?
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Yes, and OSHA would never approve the work. That’s assuming they could get an environmental impact waiver to carve into the mountainside.
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