What is Bay of Kotor?
{{Infobox settlement | name = Bay of Kotor | native_name = ''Boka Kotorska'' <br>Бока Которска | native_name_lang = | settlement_type = [[Geographic region]] of [[Montenegro]] | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_map = | map_caption = Relief map | image_map1 = 1 perast aerial 2016.jpg | map_caption1 = View over Bay of Kotor | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Montenegro}} | seat_type = Towns | seat = [[Kotor]], [[Herceg Novi]], [[Tivat]], [[Risan]], [[Dobrota]], [[Perast]], [[Prčanj]] | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | population_footnotes = | population_total = | population_density_km2 = | footnotes = {{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site |child = yes |Official_name = Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor |ID = 125 |Year = 1979 |Criteria = Cultural: i, ii, iii, iv |Area = 14,600 ha |Buffer_zone = 36,491 ha }} }} The '''Bay of Kotor''' ([[Serbian language|Serbian]] and [[Montenegrin language|Montenegrin]]: Бока Которска / ''Boka Kotorska''), also known as the '''Boka''',<ref>{{cite web |title=Welcome to Bay of Kotor |url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/montenegro/bay-of-kotor |publisher=[[Lonely Planet]] |access-date=14 January 2020}}</ref> is the [[bay]] of the [[Adriatic Sea]] in southwestern [[Montenegro]] and the region of Montenegro around the bay. Its well-preserved medieval towns of [[Kotor]], [[Risan]], [[Tivat]], [[Perast]], [[Prčanj]] and [[Herceg Novi]], along with their natural surroundings, are major tourist attractions. The [[Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor]] was designated a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]] in 1979. Its numerous [[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox]] and [[Roman Catholicism|Catholic]] churches and monasteries attract numerous religious and cultural pilgrims. == References == {{reflist}} {{geo-stub}} [[