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CENTRAL EXHIBITION HALL ON THE FIRST FLOOR
In the central exhibition hall are kept memories of the
legendary period from the 16'h to the 18th centuries, when our
seamen developed domestic shipping and maritime trade, took
active part in building of naval and merchant marines in foreign
countries, established new routes of maritime trade and fought
against pirates and Turks on the Adriatic and Mediterranean
seas.
1. Captain Matija Zmajevic from Perast, admiral of the Russian
Baltic fleet during the reign of Petar the Great
2. Captain Petar Zelalic from Bijela. For the courage shown in
the battle against pirates he was received into the Order of the
Knights of Malta
3. Captain Marko Ivanovic from Dobrota in the battle against
pirates off Patrasinl751
4. Portrait of captain Marko Ivanovic from Dobrota, who was
killed in the battle waged with pirates in the port of Piraeus
in 1756
5. Battle of the brothers Jozo and Marko Ivanovic from Dobrota
against pirates in the port of Piraeus, in 1756. (This picture
and the one under No. 3 were painted by a Venetian painter,
Vincenzo Chilone)
6. Captain Krsto Corko from Perast (end of XVII c.)
7. Casptain Jozo Lukovic from Prcanj in a folk costume (end of
XVIII c.)
8. Painting "The Port of Trieste" from 1871 - the work of
Vasilije Ivankovic, a sea-painter.
Documents from The Museum Archives The Showcases contain:
1. Copy of the oldest known document on Kotor maritime affairs
from 1167
2. Atlas of the Mediterranean made by Antoan Ruo (1764)
3. Privileges (dukals) given to certain communities and
families of the Bay of Kotor
Models of Ships
1. Tartana of Dobrota (XVII -XVIII c.)
2. Shambek of Captain Petar Zelalic (XVIII c.)
3. The nava "Leon Coronato" (first half of XVIII c), a sailing
ship of Perast
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