THE BOKA NAVY, INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF HUMANITY

Name: THE BOKA NAVY, INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF HUMANITY
Start: 2022-07-25T02:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-07-25T04:00:00+02:00
Location: Church of St. Nicholas Franciscan Monastery, Prčanj

2022-07-25 21:00

Church of St. Nicholas Franciscan Monastery, Prčanj

Monday, July 25

Church of St. Nicholas Franciscan Monastery, Prčanj, 9 p.m.

THE BOKA NAVY, INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF HUMANITY

A Book Launch Event: The Boka Navy, Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (Don Branko’s Music Days Foundation / The Maritime Museum of Montenegro in Kotor, Kotor, 2022)

Author: ANTUN SBUTEGA (Montenegro)

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The Boka Navy, Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, is a monograph in which the author Antun Sbutega analyzes the development of the Boka Navy from its founding in the Middle Ages to the present day, referencing a large number of documents, many previously unknown, as well as other sources in several foreign languages. The monograph provides an overview of political, economic, cultural, and other relevant changes in Kotor and Boka, where this ancient institution has been operating for more than twelve centuries. Bearing in mind that maritime affairs have always been activities of an international nature, the book follows maritime changes on a global scale which have affected the history of the Navy, particularly focusing on developments in the Mediterranean and the Adriatic Seas. The monograph examines the influence of the Boka Navy on the social and economic development of Kotor and Boka, especially its direct and indirect influence on the development of tangible and intangible culture, as well as the development of the cultural heritage of the Navy itself, which was inscribed in 2021 on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, as the first such cultural asset in Montenegro. The book contains an extensive bibliography of works on this topic, a revised list of admirals and vice admirals, and photographs illustrating the rich past and cultural heritage of the Boka Navy. Following modern scientific approaches, the monograph is written in a clear and understandable style, and is geared to both professionals and the general public

Antun Sbutega, a descendant of the old Boka families of ship-owners and sailors, was born in Kotor, where he completed Grammar School. He received his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade. He taught several economic subjects at the Maritime College and the Faculty of Maritime Studies in Kotor until 1991, when he moved to Rome with his family. Antun Sbutega then worked in the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples at the Vatican, where he was involved in financing Catholic missions worldwide. He has collaborated with several universities in Italy, devoting himself to studying the history of Eastern Europe. At the beginning of 2007, Antun Sbutega was appointed the first Ambassador of Montenegro to the Holy See and the Sovereign Order of the Knights of Malta, and at the beginning of 2015 he became the Ambassador of Montenegro to the Republic of Italy and non-resident Ambassador to Malta and San Marino. He is the author of a large number of scientific and professional papers and monographs, as well as newspaper articles in the field of economics, history, maritime affairs, culture, art, and diplomacy, as well as literary works published in the former Yugoslavia, Montenegro, Croatia, Italy, and the Vatican. Antun Sbutega is a member of the Knights and a recipient of high decorations. In 2016, he was elected Admiral of the Boka Navy Kotor.