Court Church at Ćipur
Bishop Danilo used the church's jurisdiction for political and state goals, given the fact that he used his spiritual authority over the Orthodox who were under Venice and Turkey to spread the idea of Montenegro's independence. He was the first to introduce the idea of independence of Montenegro to the tribes. He was the creator of political thought on the freedom and independence.
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Bishop's Garden
The mill of Ivan Crnojević in the today's Bishop's garden was most probably built in the 80s of the XV century. It was built by Ivan Crnojević for the needs of the court and local population, at the confluence of the right arm of Cetina, the subterranean river that flowed through Cetinje's Field until the end of the seventeenth century and branched into two arms at the Vlah Church, one towards the Cetinje Monastery and the other towards the large pit in Donje Polje. Even at the beginning of the XX century, wheat was still ground in the mill, with the help of water which, during heavy rains, drained towards the pit and collected in a fenced pothole. The mill was probably slightly rebuilt during that period,and was later renovated several times.
