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Ulcinj enjoys a status as one of the oldest settlements on the Adriatic coast. From ancient times through the 19th century, Ulcinj's geographic position made it a place for conquest.
One of the most interesting aspects of Ulcinj's history occured just after the Mediterranean Sea naval battle at Lapant in 1571. The famous Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes Savedra was imprisoned - the writer who later wrote the world-famous novel "Don Quixote".
It is supposed that the famous Servantes to his protagonist Don Quixote, in the novel, gave a lover named Dilcinee, a girl whose origin is from Ulcinj and who carried the name of the former name of Ulcinj- Cita de Dolcino, with whom Cervantes was in love.
Servantes spent almost five years in Ulcinj as his captors awaited a ransom payment, and it is thought that he along with other slaves was sold on in Old Town Ulcinj at slave square.
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