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The Gibralter of the Adriatic. Cattaro, the impregnable naval stronghold on the Adriatic, has been the center of Balkan and European dispute since the Dark Ages. Now it is the chief supply base for the A.R.C. work in Montenegro and Albania. Founded in the eleventh century, it has been under the domination of Serbs. Americans on the Dalmatian coast have been neutral in all political disputations. Here in Cattaro the first A.R.C. expedition to Montenegro was landed. Cattaro, gateway to Montenegro, nestling beneath a barrier of mountains that enclose town and gulf, is one of the most picturesque spots on the Dalmatian Coast. The photo is taken from the remarkable "Zig zag" road, which is seen climbing down the mountain side to the town below
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Title, date and notes from Red Cross caption card.
Photographer name or source of original from caption card or negative sleeve: Paris Office.
Group title: General, Montenegro.
On caption card: (1/1779)
Used in: T.T. & C. Jr. April 1920.
Gift; American National Red Cross 1944 and 1952.
General information about the American National Red Cross photograph collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.anrc
Temp note: Batch 12
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Date
01/01/1920
Location
cattaro
Source
Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on publication. For information, see "American National Red Cross photograph collection," http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/717_anrc.html
