Fortifications of Kotor

Fortifications of Kotor
Kotor in Montenegro
Fortifications of Kotor Location in Montenegro
Coordinates	42°25′25″N 18°46′19″E / 42.42361°N 18.77194°E / 42.42361; 18.77194
UNESCO World Heritage Site
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Part of	Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor
Criteria	Cultural: (i)(ii)(iii)(iv)
Reference	125ter
Inscription	1979 (3rd Session)
Extensions	2012, 2015
Endangered	1979–2003[1]
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Fortified city of Kotor
Part of	Venetian Works of Defence between the 16th and 17th Centuries: Stato da Terra – Western Stato da Mar
Criteria	Cultural: (iii)(iv)
Reference	1533-006
Inscription	2017 (41st Session)
Area	16.32 ha (40.3 acres)
Buffer zone	99.19 ha (245.1 acres)

The fortifications of Kotor (Italian: Cattaro) are an integrated historical fortification system that protected the medieval town of Kotor containing ramparts, towers, citadels, gates, bastions, forts, cisterns, a castle, and ancillary buildings and structures. They incorporate military architecture of Illyria, the Byzantine Empire, Venice, and Austria. Together with the old town and its natural surroundings the fortifications were inscribed in the list of World Heritage Sites in 1979 labelled Natural and Culturo-Historical Region of Kotor and represent the only such site of cultural significance in Montenegro.

The fortified city of Kotor was also included in UNESCO's World Heritage Site list as part of Venetian Works of Defence between 15th and 17th centuries: Stato da Terra – western Stato da Mar in 2017.^[2]