Visit-Montenegro.com: First Place won by "Nautilus"
Tens of thousands of people have visited last night’s celebration “Bokeljska noc” (“The Night of Boka”): The first place was won by “Nautilus”, €2.000. The second place (€1.400) was won “Tre sorele”, the third place was taken by “Gallion” (€800). The fourth place was won by “Kotorski katastar” (“The Land Registry of Kotor”) (€500), the fifth was won by “Urbanizam & renesansa” boat (“Urbanization & Renaissance”) (€300). “Knjaz Milos”, “Napredak”, “Jugopetrol” and CKB Bank are the most important companies which have supported this event.
Kotor – Tourist and cultural event “Bokeljska noc” (“The Night of Boka”) has been traditionally held last night in the aquarium of Kotor Bay. Tens of thousands of people pay a visit to Kotor on this occasion every year.
The jury consisted of three members: Vesna Vicevic, Danilo Djurovic and Jovan Martinovic (the Chairman). Five boats out of totally 51 fancifully and authentically decorated boats have been declared to be the best decorated.
The first place was won by “Nautilus”, €2.000. The second place (€1.400) was won “Tre sorele”, the third place was taken by “Gallion” (€800). The fourth place was won by “Kotorski katastar” (“The Land Registry of Kotor”) (€500), the fifth was won by “Urbanizam & renesansa” boat (“Urbanization & Renaissance”) (€300).
The municipality of Kotor, the Tourist Organization of Kotor and the Cultural Centre of Kotor “Nikola Djurkovic” have organized this event.
“Knjaz Milos”, “Napredak”, “Jugopetrol” and CKB Bank are the most important companies which have financially supported this event. This year a large number of restaurant owners from Stari grad (The Old Town of Kotor) have accepted to support this event.
Festivity on water “Bokeljska noc” originally named the “Venecijanska noć” (“Venetian night”)- dates from the end of the XIX century. Between two World Wars it was renamed the “Night of Boka”. Several of these events have been remembered; in the year of 1938 Edward, the King of England and the British Fleet attended the celebration, in 1959 two celebrations took place – one in August, the other on September 6th arranged in honour of Josip Broz Tito, who was then the leader of Yugoslavia. On this occasion almost complete Yugoslavian fleet was involved.
By I.K.