Monument to the Partisan Fighter, Gorica
Mausoleum on Gorica hill holding the remains of 66 people's heroes of Montenegro and two revolutionaries, unveiled 13 July 1957
Mausoleum and memorial · Unveiled 13 July 1957 · Gorica hill park
Photo: Gerodot1986 · CC BY-SA 4.0
The Monument to the Partisan Fighter stands on Gorica, the wooded hill that rises in the middle of Podgorica. It is a mausoleum: beneath it lie the remains of 66 people's heroes of Montenegro killed in the People's Liberation War of 1941-1945, and of two revolutionaries. It was unveiled on 13 July 1957, the anniversary of the 1941 uprising and today Montenegro's Statehood Day, to a design by the architect Vojislav Đokić and the sculptor Drago Đurović, and it has the status of a cultural property.
Getting there
Gorica is the hill between the city centre and the northern districts. From Independence Square (Trg nezavisnosti) the monument is about 1.2 km, a quarter of an hour on foot; from the Tito monument on Bulevar Svetog Petra Cetinjskog it is 2 km and about 24 minutes. By car Podgorica Airport is 12.9 km and about 20 minutes away.
What to see
- The mausoleum itself, designed by the architect Vojislav Đokić with sculpture by Drago Đurović, who also worked on the Stražica memorial in Pljevlja.
- The tomb of 66 people's heroes of Montenegro and two revolutionaries: a tomb for the whole republic, not one town.
- Gorica itself, the wooded hill around the monument.
History
The uprising against the Italian occupation began in Montenegro on 13 July 1941; the 66 people's heroes of Montenegro whose remains were gathered here fell in the war of 1941-1945. The mausoleum was unveiled on 13 July 1957, when the city, renamed in 1946, was called Titograd. Podgorica marks its own liberation on 19 December.
Nearby
- Tito monument, unveiled on Liberation Day 2018 on Bulevar Svetog Petra Cetinjskog.
- Clock tower in Stara Varoš, the Ottoman quarter, 1.8 km (about 22 minutes) on foot.
- City Museum of Podgorica.
- Duklja, the Roman town north of the city.
- The Morača, whose banks are the city's other walk.
- Other memorials in Montenegro.
Questions
Who is buried in the mausoleum?
66 people's heroes of Montenegro killed in 1941-1945 and two revolutionaries.
When was it unveiled?
On 13 July 1957, the anniversary of the 1941 uprising.
How far is it from the centre?
About 1.2 km from Independence Square, a quarter of an hour on foot.
History
1941-1945
People's Liberation War
The mausoleum holds the remains of 66 people's heroes of Montenegro killed in the war and of two revolutionaries.
13 July 1957
Unveiled
Unveiled on Statehood Day, the anniversary of the 1941 uprising; architect Vojislav Đokić, sculptor Drago Đurović.
Sources
Podgorica Tourist Organisation, Spomenik palih heroja, Partizanu borcu · Podgorica Tourist Organisation, Spomenici (19 December, Podgorica Liberation Day) · Al Jazeera Balkans, 19 Dec 2018, Otkriven spomenik Titu u Podgorici · Capital City Podgorica, history (renamed Titograd 13 July 1946) · Zakon o državnim i drugim praznicima (13 July, Statehood Day), data.gov.me · OSRM routing (car and foot, OpenStreetMap data, ODbL; times without traffic)
