Upcoming Town Events
Sea Dance Festival 2021
Buljarica Beach, Budva, Montenegro
27 - 29 Aug 2021
The 7th edition of Sea Dance Festival will be held on...
Petrovac Jazz Festival
Petrovac, Budva Municipality, Montenegro
03 - 06 Sep 2021
Petrovac Jazz Festival - Montenegro is an annual multi-day music festival held...
History
Budva, as one of the oldest cities on the Adriatic, was founded more than 2,500 years ago. Along with its hinterland, Budva is rich in cultural heritage, especially archaeological (land and underwater), architectural, and intangible cultural heritage as well. Many ancient writers had written about Budva: Sophocles, Euripides, Pseudo-Scylax, as well as Philo of Byblos, who told the legend regarding the origin of Budva - a story about Cadmus and Harmony. After the rule of the Encheleans, and during the Hellenistic and Roman period, Budva became an important center, as evidenced by the findings from ancient necropolises discovered in 1938, 1956-57, and in 1981-82. The Statute of Budva was created in the Middle Ages, and the City Walls of Budva, its organization and fortification of the city, can testify about the rule of the Venetian Republic over Budva (1442-1797). After the Venetian Republic, Budva was ruled by the Austro-Hungarian Empire. France and Russia ruled for a very short period of time, and after them, for almost a century, Budva was ruled by the Austro-Hungarian Empire again until the liberation in 1918.
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Present
Once a small and quiet coastal town, today, Budva is a metropolis of Montenegrin tourism and one of the loudest and most packed towns at the Montenegrin coast during the summer. Its life began on the headland two and a half millennia ago and has poured out of the ramparts towards luxurious yachts, new buildings, restaurants, bars, and nightclubs where amazing fun awaits. Budva has its own Hawaii – an island opposite the city with beautiful beaches, ice cold refreshments and seafood specialties.
In the evening, on the promenade along the beach you will be overwhelmed by the loud music that comes from the cafes, the laughter and screams of children from nearby amusement parks, the scent of the sea mixed with the aroma of delicious barbeque, and beams of light from the disco that stroll through the sky. Budva is a big light show.
Budva seems to lead a double life – one in the old, and the other in the new part of the city. Bordered by the high ramparts and decorated with the architecture, dominantly Venetian, the Old Town guards historical and cultural treasures – Roman necropolis and an altar, antique pylons, pre-Christian basilica and many churches. It contains the open and boiling stage of the “Theater City”; literature evenings and concerts at the Poet’s Square, and exhibitions in the city gallery take place every summer. Outside the old town, the new city is expanding and the number of inhabitants is rising.
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