MOUNT LOVĆEN IS A MOUNTAIN RANGE LOCATED IN SOUTHWESTERN MONTENEGRO, FORMING THE CENTRAL ELEMENT OF LOVĆEN NATIONAL PARK, ESTABLISHED IN 1952. THE MASSIF RISES ABOVE THE BAY OF KOTOR, CREATING A DISTINCTIVE LANDSCAPE WITH TWO MAIN PEAKS: ŠTIROVNIK (1,749 M ABOVE SEA LEVEL) AND JEZERSKI VRH (1,657 M ABOVE SEA LEVEL).

MOUNT LOVĆEN IS A NATIONAL SYMBOL OF MONTENEGRO; IT IS FROM THIS MOUNTAIN THAT THE COUNTRY DERIVES ITS NAME, “CRNA GORA,” MEANING “BLACK MOUNTAIN.” ITS STEEP SLOPES ARE COVERED WITH LIMESTONE KARST ROCKS, CREATING A UNIQUE LANDSCAPE WITH NUMEROUS CREVICES, CAVES, AND DEPRESSIONS. THE AREA IS NOT ONLY VISUALLY SPECTACULAR, BUT ALSO BIOLOGICALLY RICH — IN A RELATIVELY SMALL AREA (62.2 KM²), THERE ARE OVER 1,150 PLANT SPECIES, INCLUDING SEVERAL ENDEMIC ONES. THE MOUNTAIN CLIMATE AND STRONG MEDITERRANEAN INFLUENCES FAVOR NATURAL DIVERSITY.

MAUSOLEUM OF PETER II
PETROVIC-NJEGOS

AT THE TOP OF JEZERSKI VRH STANDS THE MONUMENTAL MAUSOLEUM OF PETER II PETROVIC-NJEGOŠ — A POET, PHILOSOPHER, AND RULER OF MONTENEGRO IN THE 19TH CENTURY. THE MAUSOLEUM WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1951 AND 1974 ON THE SITE THAT NJEGOŠ HIMSELF CHOSE AS HIS BURIAL PLACE. THE STRUCTURE IS MADE OF BLACK GRANITE, AND INSIDE THERE IS A SARCOPHAGUS WITH A MONUMENTAL WHITE MARBLE SCULPTURE.

TO REACH THE MAUSOLEUM, YOU HAVE TO CLIMB 461 STEPS LEADING THROUGH A TUNNEL CARVED INTO SOLID ROCK. THE VIEWING TERRACE OFFERS AN IMPRESSIVE PANORAMIC VIEW OF A LARGE PART OF MONTENEGRO, INCLUDING THE BAY OF KOTOR, THE DURMITOR MOUNTAINS AND, IN GOOD WEATHER, EVEN THE ITALIAN COAST. THIS PLACE IS AN IMPORTANT POINT ON THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL MAP OF MONTENEGRO, COMBINING TRADITION, PATRIOTISM, AND MONUMENTAL ART.

MOUNT LOVcEN IN DARKSIDE

MOUNT LOVĆEN PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR “DARKSIDE,” THE SECOND CHAPTER OF THE WORLD OF WALKER TRILOGY. DIRECTOR KRISTIAN BERG, KNOWN FOR HIS COLLABORATION WITH ALAN WALKER, USED THE MOUNTAIN'S MAJESTIC LANDSCAPE AS THE BACKDROP FOR THE MOST SYMBOLIC AND EMOTIONAL SEQUENCE OF THE VIDEO.

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IN THE FINAL SCENES, WE SEE TWO GROUPS OF WALKERS — THE YOUNGER ONES DRESSED IN BLACK AND THE OLDER ONES IN WHITE ROBES — MEET AT THE TOP OF LOVĆEN. THEIR LEADERS STAND FACE TO FACE AND REMOVE THEIR MASKS — A MEANINGFUL GESTURE THAT SYMBOLIZES MUTUAL TRUST, THE END OF DIVISIONS, AND THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ALLIANCE.

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IN THE NEXT SCENE, ALL THE WALKERS RAISE THEIR HANDS TO THE SKY, SIGNALING THE DRONES TO BEGIN BUILDING A NEW WORLD. THIS IS THE VISUAL FULFILLMENT OF THE PROPHECY CONTAINED IN THE PROPHECY DISC. LOVĆEN, WITH ITS RUGGED BUT MAJESTIC LANDSCAPE AND RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE, BECOMES A PLACE OF REBIRTH, HOPE, AND UNITY.

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MUSIC AND IMAGERY COMBINE HERE TO FORM AN EMOTIONAL WHOLE. THE HARSHNESS OF THE ROCKS, THE HEIGHT OF THE PLACE, AND THE BOUNDLESSNESS OF THE HORIZON EMPHASIZE THE SOLEMN TONE OF THE MUSIC VIDEO'S ENDING — BOTH VISUALLY AND SYMBOLICALLY, LOVĆEN BECOMES A “MOUNTAIN OF COVENANT” WHERE THE PAST MEETS THE FUTURE.