Saint George

This guide to Saint George island off Perast, near Kotor, follows a legend set in the autumn of eighteen thirteen, when French guns sat among the cypresses facing the town. It is the story of Ante Slović, an artillery officer posted on the island, and Katica Kalfić, a girl from Perast he meant to marry once the war was over. Along the way you'll hear about the real British raid that October and the old cemetery where Perast buried its captains. Best heard from the Perast waterfront, looking straight across at the island.