Monument to Josip Broz Tito

Getting there

The statue stands on the boulevard named after St Peter of Cetinje, in the city centre. From Independence Square (Trg nezavisnosti) it is about 1 km, a 12-minute walk; from the Partisan Fighter monument on Gorica hill 2 km and about 24 minutes on foot.

What to see

• The statue: a copy of Augustinčić's Tito at Kumrovec, Tito's birthplace, on its inscribed plinth.
• The setting on the boulevard, in a city that was bombed more than 70 times in the Second World War and rebuilt as Titograd.

History

Podgorica was bombed more than 70 times in the Second World War and liberated on 19 December 1944, the date the city still marks as its Liberation Day. On 13 July 1946 it was renamed Titograd and made the capital of the Republic of Montenegro within Yugoslavia; the name was restored to Podgorica on 2 April 1992. The Augustinčić statue stood at the barracks at Masline. In the autumn of 2018 the City Assembly voted to give it a place in the city, the Ministry of Defence released it, and on 19 December 2018, the 74th Liberation Day, the monument was unveiled on the boulevard.

Nearby

• Monument to the Partisan Fighter on Gorica, the mausoleum of 66 people's heroes.
• Clock tower in Stara Varoš, the Ottoman quarter.
• City Museum of Podgorica, for the Titograd decades.
• Duklja, the Roman town north of the centre.
• The Morača and its bridges.

Questions

When was the Tito monument unveiled?

On 19 December 2018, Podgorica's Liberation Day, by Mayor Ivan Vuković and Defence Minister Predrag Bošković.

Where did the statue come from?

It is a copy of Antun Augustinčić's Tito at Kumrovec and stood at the military barracks at Masline before the Ministry of Defence released it to the city.

Why does Podgorica have a Tito monument?

The city was named Titograd from 13 July 1946 to 2 April 1992, and was the capital of Montenegro within Yugoslavia throughout that time.