Stari Bar Fortress and Aqueduct

For visitors, the most important part of the Old Town is the Stari Bar Fortress. You can already see its large, imposing stone wall and the sturdy round towers at the corners from afar.The fortress is now a museum. You will no longer find shops and souvenir stands in the fortifications. Instead, you'll find cobblestone paths leading under ancient arches. towers that stand firm even though the original buildings around them have collapsed; plants coming from between the bricks; bushes bloom with flowers growing on the walls; Gates leading to what remains of tunnels within the fortifications.The fortress seems like a whimsical skeleton. You can discover empty windows along the paths and see the foundations of former halls and houses. You can peek over the edge of the wall and see down the hill to the modern bar and out to sea.
There are the remains of a 13th-century Franciscan monastery which was converted into a mosque in 1595. The monastery was destroyed by an explosion in 1912.You can also see the foundations of St. George's Cathedral, built in the 12th century. The church was converted into a mosque by the Turks in the 17th century and was destroyed in the 1881 explosion.Since the Ottomans had a great influence on the place, you can also see an 18th-century Turkish bath house.The bell tower is an obvious symbol of Stari Bar. You shouldn't have any trouble spotting it as it still stands proudly on the south side of the old town.
One of the most impressive features of the old town is the huge stone arch bridge that crosses the valley. The bridge has 17 arches supported by 18 massive stone pillars. The bridge is part of the aqueduct built by the Ottomans in the 16th century. It is the best preserved aqueduct in Montenegro. In fact, only three of them remain in the former Yugoslav states – the others in Croatia and Macedonia.The aqueduct brought water from a 3 km wide spring from Rumija Mountain and supplied the whole city. It was completely destroyed along with the old town in the 1979 earthquake and has since been restored.
Excerpt from travelsicht.de/bar-in-montenegro-sehenswuerdigung from April 28th, 2023

As of 09/22 Admission €3 per adult, dog free.

A beautiful walk-in ruined castle that is much more spacious than it appears from the outside! As of 04/22 €2 entry/pp.