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Historic Church · Montenegro

Our Lady of the Rocks Church

Perast, Kotor, Montenegro

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Why pilgrims come

A sacred place worth the journey.

A Catholic Marian church on an artificial island built through the stone-laying tradition of Perast. Its origin story centers a found icon of the Virgin and Child and belongs to local sacred legend; the site is not presented as a formally recognized Marian apparition.

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The pilgrim’s guide

What makes this visit meaningful

Cross the bay to a Catholic Marian island shaped by sailors, votive memory, sacred art, and a community that still renews the island with stones.

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The Marian image

Receive the icon in the context of seafaring devotion.

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An island made by a vow

Understand the stone-laying custom without turning legend into archaeology.

Feasts, anniversaries & celebrations

Fašinada stone-laying traditionVerify the current parish and municipal program; this is not an apparition anniversary.

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