Theme Week Montenegro – Nikšić
Wednesday, 28 October 2015 - 01:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: European Union / Europäische Union General , Union for the Mediterranean
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Nikšić is the second largest city of Montenegro, with a total population of 57,000, located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot of Mount Trebjesa. It is the center of
Nikšić Municipality (Population of 75,000), which is the largest municipality by area and second most inhabited after
Podgorica . It is an important industrial, cultural, and educational center. Although mostly perceived as an industrial center, Nikšić is also a city of rich cultural heritage. The most significant cultural institution in the city is
Centar Za Kulturu (
Cultural Center ), which incorporates the city’s major public cultural establishments.
Nikšić Airport is located on the western outskirts of the city. It is a small sport airport, that caters to needs of general aviation, and of local enthusiast aviation club. Podgorica International Airport is some 60 km (37 mi) away from Nikšić. Although Nikšić area has seen human settlements since antiquity, most of the modern Nikšić is a planned city . Very little remains of the Ottoman architectural heritage, despite the long presence of Ottoman Empire in the area. The city layout visible today still follows the 1883 urban plan commissioned by King Nicholas and designed by Croatian architect Josip Slade. According to this plan, the streets of Nikšić radiate to the north and east from the central city square (today a roundabout), locally known as Skver . The radial streets are intersected by circumferential streets and avenues, thus creating a half-spider web-like street layout.
Monument to King Nicholas I © Rasho992/cc-by-sa-3.0
Farther from the central roundabout, the historical core is encircled with a layer of mass residential blocks, built during the
SFRY era. The building of the highrise residential blocks facilitated housing of the large population drawn to the city by rapid post-World War II industrialisation. The SFRY era apartment blocks are still home for the majority of residents of Nikšić. Beyond the blocks, the city expanded in form of a suburban sprawl, that consists of detached housing. Close to the city blocks and major industrial areas, the lowrise single home suburbs are built with well executed urban plans, but farther away from the center, the city expanded in a chaotic and informal way. In addition, the rural areas south of Nikšić have merged with the city, so low density suburbs extend from the city in every direction, covering much of the Nikšić Field.
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