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The old Mediterranean port of Kotor, surrounded by an impressive city wall, is very well preserved and protected by UNESCO . Between 1420 and 1797 , Kotor and its surroundings were under the rule of the Republic of Venice and the Venetian influence remains among the architectural influences. The Gulf of Kotor (Boka Kotorska), one of the most indented parts of the Adriatic Sea is sometimes called the southern-most fjord in Europe, although it is actually a submerged river canyon). With the nearly overhanging limestone cliffs of Orjen and Lovcen one of the great Mediterranean landscapes is created.
   
  In recent years, Kotor has seen a steady increase in tourists attracted by both the natural beauty of the Gulf of Kotor and the old town of Kotor itself.
   
  Kotor, first mentioned in 168 BC , was settled during Ancient Roman times, when it was known as Acruvium , Ascrivium , or Ascruvium and was part of the Roman province of Dalmatia .
   
  Kotor has been fortified since the early Middle Ages , when Emperor Justinian built a fortress above Ascrivium in AD 535 , after expelling the Goths , and a second town probably grew up on the heights round it, for Constantine Porphyrogenitus , in the 10th century , alludes to Lower Cattaro. The city was plundered by the Saracens in 840 .
   
 

In 1002 , the city suffered damage under occupation of the First Bulgarian Empire , and in the following year it was ceded to Serbia by the Bulgarian Tsar Samuil , but the locals revolted, in alliance with Ragusa (Dubrovnik), and only submitted in 1184 , as a protected state, preserving intact its republican institutions, and its right to conclude treaties and engage in war. It was already an episcopal see, and, in the 13th century , Dominican and Franciscan monasteries were established to check the spread of Bogomilism .