Montenegro
has an Independence Day (celebrating May 21, 2006, when a majority of
Montenegrins voted to become an independent nation, separate from
neighbors Serbia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, which with
Montenegro made up Yugoslavia for several decades). |
| Montenegro is the orange splotch in the lower third of the central portion of the map. It is near Greece and across the Adriatic Sea from Italy. |
Today
isn't Montenegro's Independence Day. It doesn't celebrate statehood
apart from the crumbling Yugoslavia. What Montenegrins celebrate
today is the July 13, 1878, date when Montenegro was recognized as an
independent country by the Berlin Congress, and (in my mind more
important) the July 13, 1941, date when Montenegrins started a
popular uprising against the Nazis and Mussolini's Fascist army,
which had taken over the country during World War II.
Montenegro
has rugged mountains, a coastline along the Adriatic Sea, and Karst
landforms that include caves and sinkholes. Take a look at some of
the gorgeous landscapes here and here.
Also
on this date:
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