Church of Santa Maria in Punta

A surviving inscription records that Benedictine monks founded Santa Maria in Punta in 840 as the church of their monastery. The Franciscans later took the mona…A surviving inscription records that Benedictine monks founded Santa Maria in Punta in 840 as the church of their monastery. The Franciscans later took the monastery over, and the oldest school known in Budva was held there.

Many old graves have been found inside the church. For a time the building also kept the archaeological collection of finds from the ancient Budva necropolis.