Old Bar (Stari Bar)

 EN :

The Old Bar, or more commonly known as the Antivari, while in Latin we also call it the Antibarium, is situated in the hills of Rumia Mountain, protected by the heights of Londusha Hill, overlooking the Bar Bay. The Old Bar is a real gem for those who love history.

Its streets represent guides throughout the centuries, beginning with the Greek colonies until the Middle Ages, then the rule of Venetians, the Turkish period, until the new era. The Old Bar is a cultural and tourist treasure in the true sense of the word. Through this museum of architecture you can walk the paths of true beauty. Small coffee shops with checkered tablecloths, Montenegrin coffee drinking on Mediterranean sofas, souvenir shops, Turkish bath, gunpowder, a clock tower and aqueduct built of stone in the 16th century in the Ottoman Empire which represents one of the most preserved  aqueduct in Montenegro as well as in former Yugoslavia. There are several remains of sacral objects from the Middle Ages in the city: the church of St. Theodore (later the church of St. George), the church of St. George, St. Nicholas Church (St. Mark’s Church), St. Nicholas Church Veneranda and the Church of St. Katherine.

At the heart of Old Bar is the Old Olive Tree, over 2000 years old and one of the oldest in Europe. It is protected by law in 1963. What is also interesting is that it still bears fruit and that many festivals related to the olive are being held. 

In 1922 there was an “oil mill of the Marić brothers” in the Old Bar, where up to 20 tons of olive oil were processed daily and the famous bar oil was exported to America, France and Germany.

CG:

Stari Bar ili kako je jos poznat pod nazivom Antivari, dok ga u latinskom jeziku srećemo i pod nazivom Antibarium, smješten je u vrletima planine Rumije, zaštićen visovima brda Londuše, s pogledom na barsku uvalu. Stari Bar predstavlja pravi dragulj za one koji vole istoriju.

Njegove ulice predstavljaju vodiče kroz vijekove, počev od grčkih kolonija  do srednjeg vijeka, zatim vladavine Mletana, turskog perioda, pa sve do nove ere. Stari Bar predstavlja kulturno-turistčko blago u pravom smisu ove riječi. Kroz ovaj muzej arhitekture možete koračati stazama istinskih ljepota. Kafanice sa kariranim stolnjacima, ispijanje crnogorske kafe na mediteranskim divanima, suvenirnice, hamama, barutana, Sat-kula i akvadukt koji je izgrađen od kamena u 16.vijeku u Otomanskom carstvu i koji je jedan od očuvanijih u Crnoj Gori i jedna od najvećih u bivšoj Jugolslaviji. U gradu se nalazi nekoliko ostataka sakralnih objekata iz srednjeg vijeka: crkva Sv.Teodora( kasnije crkva Sv,Đorđa), crkva Sv. Nikole( crkva Sv. Marka), crkva Sv. Venerande I crkva Sv. Katarine.

U srcu Starog Bara se nalazi Stara maslina stara preko 2000 godina i jedna od najstarijih u Evropi. Ista je zaštićena zakonom 1963. Godine. Ono što je takođe interesantno je da još uvijek daje plodovekao i to da se održavaju mnogi festivali koji su vezani upravo za maslinu.

 U Starom Baru je još 1922. godine postojala “uljara braće Marić” gdje se dnevno prerađivalo i do 20 tona masline i proizvodilo poznato barsko ulje koje se izvozi za Ameriku, Francusku i Njemačku.