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The Island of Flowers (Montenegrin: Ostrvo cvijeća/Острво цвијећа), also known as Miholjska Prevlaka (Montenegrin: Михољска превлака, romanized: Miholjska prevlaka), or Island of St. Archangel Michael (Montenegrin: Острво Свети Михаило, romanized: Ostrvo Sveti Mihailo), is an island in the Tivat municipality in the Bay of Kotor, on the Montenegrin Littoral. It has population of 100 people. The Island of Flowers is located near the town of Tivat, in the Bay of Kotor. The island is 300 m long and 200 m wide. It is connected with the mainland by a narrow isthmus. Today, the island is inhabited by about a hundred people, mainly living in bungalows.

The island includes a monastery dedicated to Archangel Michael, built in the early 13th century by Saint Sava, the medieval seat of the Metropolitanate of Montenegro. It was a tourist resort for Yugoslav military personnel, closed for the general public in the Socialist Yugoslavia period.

History

In the Middle Ages the two adjacent islands, Island of Flowers and Sveti Marko Island, were named islands of Sveti Mihailo and Sveti Gavrilo respectively, after the two holy archangels. After the Montenegrin littoral became part of the Venetian Republic, both islands were renamed. Sveti Mihailo Island became Miholjska Prevlaka, while Sveti Gavrilo Island island became first named Stradioti, then Sveti Marko Island.

Monastery

The Monastery of Saint Archangel Michael (Serbian: Манастир Светог Архангела Михаила, romanized: Manastir Svetog Arhangela Mihaila) was founded by Serbian Archbishop Sava (s. 1219–35).[1] The church base was built earlier, reconstructed in the 9th century and destroyed in the 11th century.[2] The monastery was the seat of the Eparchy of Zeta between the 13th and 15th centuries. Under planned restoration, the monastery was destroyed by the Republic of Venice in 1441 after it was proclaimed unsafe due to the rumors of a plague breakout. Recent research by the Military Medical Academy in Belgrade, using recovered remains of monks from that time have revealed that the monks died probably due to arsenic poisoning. There are remains of the church base.

See also

• Sveti Marko Island
• Prevlaka Peninsula, also located in the Bay of Kotor, bordering Croatia

References

External links

• "Манастир превлака".

На других языках

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[de] Blumeninsel (Bucht von Kotor)

Die Blumeninsel (serbisch. Ostrvo Cvijeća), auch Miholjska Prevlaka (dt. die Prevlaka Michaels) oder die Insel des heiligen Erzengels Michael, ist eine Insel in der Bucht von Kotor in Montenegro. Sie ist eine von drei Inseln im Becken von Tivat, bekannt auch als Krtoljski-Archipel. Eine Meerenge von gerade 5 Metern Breite trennt die Insel von der Halbinsel Brdo. Etwa 100 Meter entfernt liegt die Insel Sveti Marko und weitere 100 Meter entfernt die Insel Gospa od Milosti.

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- [en] Island of Flowers

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[it] Isola di San Michele (Montenegro)

L'isola di San Michele[1][2] (in serbo: Михољска превлака/острво Св. Арханђел Михаило?, traslitterato: Miholjska prevlaka) conosciuta anche come scoglio dell'Istmo[3], Ponte[4] o isola dei Fiori[5][6] (ostrvo Cvijeća), è un'isola dell'arcipelago di Cartolle situata in un'ansa delle Bocche di Cattaro, in Montenegro. L'isola prende il nome dal monastero che ospita, oggi in rovina, dedicato a san Michele Arcangelo.

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