History of Pljevlja

The first human settlements in Pljevlja’s region were in the last Ice Age. The evidence, which is considered to be the earliest in this part of Europe, can be found in Mališina cave close to the modern city of Pljevlja. However, far richer are the settlements from the Stone Age found in Medena Stijena.

Roman era

The first cultural people in this region are considered the Illyric tribes, Pirust, which lived there until the Roman invasion of the 1st century AD. The Romans