Guvernadurica
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Guvernadurica, or Gubernadurica, is the dungeon in the monastery of Cetinje, Montenegro, which is named after the first political prisoner, the last gubernadur of Montenegro, Vukolaj Radonjic.
History[]
Guvernadurica, the oldest prison in Cetinje, did not have doors, and the cave had a permanent temperature of 0° Celsius throughout the year. On the south side of the church there is a two-floor administrative building, with a dungeon in the ground floor, named Guvernadurica, after its most famous prisoner, Governor Vukolaj Radonjić, who was originally sentenced to death along with his brother , later changed to imprisonment. The Guvernadurica was used as a prison for political prisoners until the end of World War II.[clarification needed]
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- Cetinje
- Prisons in Montenegro