Site Image Location (municipality) Year listed UNESCO data Description Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor Kotor, Herceg Novi, Tivat 1979 125; i, ii, iii, iv (cultural) The Bay of Kotor, a strategic natural harbour in the Eastern Adriatic, was an important center of arts and commerce during the Middle Ages. The value of the region is embodied in the quality of the architecture in its fortified and open cities, settlements, palaces and monastic ensembles, and their harmonious integration to the cultivated terraced landscape on the slopes of high rocky hills. The site includes the cities of Kotor, Perast, and Risan, as well as the fortifications of Kotor.