The Battle of Perast (Serbian: Перашка битка) was a battle for control over Venetian held Perast (modern day Montenegro) fought in 1654 between defending forces of Venetian Republic from Perast accompanied by hajduks[1] and attacking forces of Ottoman Empire from Sanjak of Herzegovina. Commander of defending Perast forces was Krsto Vicković while Ottoman forces were led by Dizdar Mehmed Rizvanbegović.
Venetian forces from Perast were victorious and successfully repelled the Ottoman attack in the battle which is in some sources referred to as most glorious victory in their history.[2]
The BattleofPerast (Serbian: Перашка битка) was a battle for control over Venetian held Perast (modern day Montenegro) fought in 1654 between defending...
Perast (Montenegrin: Пераст) is a town in Coastal region of Montenegro. It is situated a few kilometres northwest of Kotor and is noted for its proximity...
where the flag was used as a symbol of the Republic was Perast, in Venetian Albania, a town faithful to Venice. Perast continued to celebrate its loyalty...
authorities of Perast informed about Ottoman preparations for the BattleofPerast. A collection of his letters are kept in a museum. Kiprijan Račanin (c. 1650–1730)...
The Perast manuscript (Serbian: Перашки рукопис) is a manuscript written around 1700 which contains the earliest records of the heroic songs in decasyllable...
chieftain of Riđani, and a prolific letter writer who kept the authorities ofPerast informed about Ottoman preparations for the BattleofPerast. A collection...
inhabited since antiquity. Its well-preserved medieval towns of Kotor, Risan, Tivat, Perast, Prčanj and Herceg Novi, along with their natural surroundings...
List of the main battles in the history of the Ottoman Empire are shown below. The life span of the empire was more than six centuries, and the maximum...
Grbalj and Perast, due, among other issues, to the fact that "the number of hajduks that fled to the Perast area in 1654 had risen to 1,500, of whom 500...
of Kotor municipality, which includes the towns of Risan and Perast, as well as many small hamlets around the Bay of Kotor, and has a population of 21...
Meri (6 July 1999). "Ratnog mučenika "Perasta" ubit će – mir" [War martyr "Perast" being killed by peace]. Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). Archived from...
Herceg Novi, Perast, Kotor, Budva and Ulcinj. National Geographic Traveler (edited once a decade) ranks Montenegro among the "50 Places of a Lifetime"...
from Perast, Bay of Kotor (today in Montenegro). He collected old manuscripts and transcribed popular poetry. Tripo was born in 1755 as a member of the...
(Ottoman–Venetian wars) BattleofPerast – 1654 – Cretan War (1645–1669) (Ottoman–Venetian wars) Battle on Vrtijeljka – 1685 – Great Turkish War Siege of Cattaro –...
The following is a list ofbattles fought by the Republic of Venice, from the traditional date of its founding in 697 until its dissolution in 1797, organized...
cities: in Croatia: Zadar, Split, Trogir, and Šibenik; in Montenegro: Kotor, Perast, and Budva. Following the Italian emigration from Dalmatia and the events...
town in the Bay of Kotor, Montenegro. It traces its origins to the ancient settlement of Rhizon, the oldest settlement in the Bay of Kotor. Lying in the...
This is a list of settlements in Illyria founded by Illyrians (southern Illyrians, Dardanians, Pannonians), Liburni, Ancient Greeks and the Roman Empire...
Bay of Kotor The old town of Kotor, listed with UNESCO World Heritage Sites Boka Kotorska (Bay of Kotor), with the ancient small town ofPerast Porto...
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