Building classification documentation Fiche 2025

Architecture from the second half of the 20th century in Montenegro is still insufficiently researched and protected. Only 3 buildings from this period have been declared cultural assets and are located in the capital Podgorica.

Each building/site will have its own documentation sheet (fiche), providing the assessment for its selection.

The list below gives the abbreviated code to classify the buildings for documentation:

Administration ADM - Parliamentary, government, civic and public buildings, professional institutions

Commercial COM - Banks, markets, offices, public houses, restaurants, cafés, retailing, service premises, storage buildings

Defense DEF - Fortifications, military installations

Education EDC - Libraries, archives, record offices, research establishments, schools, universities and colleges

Farming, Fishing FAF - Farming, fishing, fish farming, forestry, horticulture

Funerary FNR - Cemeteries, graveyards, crematoria, funerary monuments, mausolea

Health HLT - Hospitals, surgeries, health centres

Industrial IND - Building industries, ceramics, chemicals, engineering, extractive industries, food and drink processing, marine construction, metal industries, textiles, wood-working industries

Law LAW - Law courts, penal institutions, police buildings

Landscape LND - Agricultural settlement, botanic gardens, arboretums, forestry, land reclamation, national and regional parks

Monuments MON - Public, commemorative monuments, sculpture (free-standing)

Public services PBS - Baths, swimming pools, cleansing services, district heating, electricity supply, fire, ambulance services, gas supply, hydraulic power supply, sanitary provision, water supply, drainage, sewage disposal

Recreation REC - Cinemas, concert halls, museums, art galleries, pavillions, club houses, private halls, clubs, public parks, gardens, sports centres, gymnasia, stadia, sports grounds, theatres

Religion REL - Cathedrals, chapels, churches, mosques, synagogues, temples and other places of worship, church halls, meeting houses, religious centres, seminaries, presbyteries, manses, monasteries, convents, religious houses, shrines, places of pilgrimage

Residential RES - Castles, palaces, fortified houses, communal housing, country houses, mansions, large villas, hotels, inns, multi-storey flats, small detached houses, cottages, tenements, low flats, terraced cottages

Transport, Communications TRC - Broadcasting, bus and coach services, canals, civil aviation, postal services, railways, roads, paths, shipping, telecommunications, tramways

Urbanism URB - New towns and villages, town extensions, urban development, reconstruction

Unclassifed UNC