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Pavel Viaznikov
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Bar is a coastal town in Montenegro. It has a population of 13,719 (2003 census). Bar is the centre of Bar municipality and a major seaport of Montenegro.
In Serbian, the town is known as Bar, in Albanian as Tivar, and in Italian as Antivari.
The archeological excavations from older Neolithic confirm that there were people in Bar even in prehistory. The material remainders from Illyrian times can be found everywhere in Bar's municipality. It is assumed that Bar was mentioned as the reconstructed Roman castle Antipargal in the 6th century and the name Antibarium was quoted for the first time in the 10th century.
Although it is not known exactly when the town fell in the hands of the Doclea rulers for the first time, because the Slavs influence predominated for a long time before the event, it probably took place already in the 9th century.
The Byzantine Empire ruled again in Bar from 1166 till 1183 when Stefan Nemanja made a breakthrough which demolished towns on the Adriatic coast, including "the famous town Bar", and joined Zeta to his state - Raska.
From 1443 to 1571 this region was under the rule of Venice, and Bar (called Antivari in venetian language, spoken there until the eighteenth century) was part of the Albania Veneta. During the Middle Ages, Bar was the centre of the South Adriatic coast, a city-state which had a coat of arms, flag, statute and minted its own coins. The Ottomans captured Bar in 1571 and it remained in their hands until 1878. During this period it still had an archbishop. One of the more famous men to hold this office was Andrija Zmajevic.
The Italian scientist and one of the pioneers in wireless telegraphy, Guglielmo Marconi made a radio connection between Bar and Bari on August 30, in 1904, and in 1908 the first railroad in this part of the Balkans was put into operation in 1913.
On July 13, 1941 in Bar's municipality the uprising against the occupying power began and the first shots were fired in districts of Bar and Cetinje.
Bar is the administrative centre of Bar municipality, which includes the town of Sutomore and many more small towns along the coast. The 2003 census put the population of Bar Municipality at 40,037. The city of Bar itself had 13,719 inhabitants.
Economic symbols of Bar are the Port of Bar, Belgrade - Bar railway and the Sozina tunnel.
Besides being Montenegro's main seaport, Bar and its surroundings are also a major tourist destination. Today's Bar is a modern city, built almost entirely after World War II, with modern buildings, wide boulevards and lots of parking space.
Although there are some nice cobble beaches in Bar itself, many tourists choose destinations in other small towns in Bar municipality, notably Sutomore, with its beautiful long sandy beach.
The most attractive feature of the area is rich vegetation with no buildings. The climate there is great and the landscape of the nearby Skadarsko lake and Tare river is breathtaking. The landscape is rich and high quality. The area is covered with forests from the highest peak almost to the sea shore. The dominant tree types are pines and cypresses. There are a lot of meadows surrounded by forests. Those meadows could be used for leisure activities and sunbathing spots. Zukotrljica coastal area consists of pebbly beaches and forests.
Bar has a wind blowing for the south about 88 days a year, mostly during the winter. The southern wind is very soft and warm, but raises the waves in the sea. The weather temperature is as in July - about 28C (82F). There are approximately 2160 sunny hours a year. In winter the temperature drops down to 10C the lowest. The tourism season could last from March 1 to December 1, depending on the December weather forecasts.
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