Pljevlja
Pljevlja is a city and municipality located in the northern part of Montenegro. The municipality borders those of Žabljak, Bijelo Polje and Mojkovac in Montenegro, as well as the republics of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. With a total area of 1,346 km², it is third largest municipality in Montenegro. The city lies on altitude of 770m. The highest point of the municipality is on the mountain Ljubišnja with altitude of 2,238m, whilst the lowest point is in the canyon of Tara river with an altitude of 520m above sea level. In 2003, the municipality of Pljevlja had a population of 36,918, while the city itself had a population of about 27,000.
The first cultural people in this region are considered the Illyric tribes, Pirust, which lived there until the Roman invasion of the first century AD. The Romans built their own city on the ruins of the Illyrian city and named it Municipium S (S is the first letter of the name of the city that was founded on the ruins near Pljevlja's Komini suburb). The city was the second largest Roman city in modern Montenegro after Doclea. Municipium S was the large trade and religious center of the upper Roman province of Dalmatia. A large number of valuable objects including jewellery pieces, glass vases and pottery have been found in the ruins pf the old city. The most valuable object is the Diatreta, a glass vase trimmed with blue glass threads which is considered to be priceless and the only one of its kind in the world.
