Emblem — Old Royal Capital Cetinje
Emblem
Territorial Heraldry

Old Royal Capital Cetinje

Central Region, Montenegro

Bearer
Old Royal Capital Cetinje
Region
Central Region
State
Montenegro

The device of the Old Royal Capital Cetinje shows a stylised blue double-headed eagle, whose wings form the edges of the device. In the centre is an open book — the Oktoih of the Fifth Tone, the first printed book among the Serbs and the South Slavs, printed at Cetinje in 1494 — and above it a drawing of the Cetinje Monastery.

Earlier insignia

  1. before the Second World WarCoat of arms of the capital of the Kingdom

    Coat of arms of Cetinje from the time of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.

  2. 20th centuryEarlier device

    The device in use during the twentieth century: the Cetinje Monastery beneath Lovćen and the Tablja tower on the hill above it.