Walls Of Fort Mamula, The Mamula Island Fortress, Herceg Novi, Bay Of Kotor, Montenegro Editorial Photo

Walls of Fort Mamula, The Mamula island fortress, Herceg Novi, Bay of Kotor, Montenegro. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaMamula islandMamula colloquial name for Lastavica is an uninhabited islet in the Adriatic Sea, within the southwestern Montenegrin municipality of Herceg Novi.Mamula is located between Prevlaka and Luštica peninsulas at the entrance to the Bay of Kotor. HistoryDuring the period of the Venetian Republic rule, the island was known as Rondina.The island has a fort, built in 1853 by Austro-Hungarian general Lazarus von Mamula. The fort takes up about 90% of the island`s surface area. Concentration camp in World War IIDuring World War II, from 30 May 1942 onwards, the fascist forces of Benito Mussolini`s Kingdom of Italy converted the Mamula fort into a concentration camp. The concentration camp was known for torture and cruelty to prisoners. Luxury resort redevelopmentIn early January 2016 the government of Montenegro, over the objections of those who were once imprisoned on the island, approved a plan to convert the site of this former concentration camp into a luxury beach resort.