Headquarters of PCI Herceg Fest are in the Park Hall, which was built after the 1979 earthquake and officially open on the Municipality Day on October 28^th, 1987 (Borba’s Architecture Award – arch. Zivko Janjic).

Park Hall is a semi-functional facility intended for theatre, cinema and concert plays, congresses, symposiums and many other programmes.

The building has three levels. At the first level there are dressing and storage rooms. Specially adapted area in the southern part of the building houses RTV Herceg Novi. The middle level has a grand hall with a stage. This hall has 402 seats and two galleries (14 seats total), tone, light and screening cabin and a foyer with a ticket booth. Disposition of the stage with technical entrance and stage tech equipment enables performances of the most demanding programmes. The main office of Herceg Fest is at the third level. A parking lot and an amphitheatre used as a summer stage are located next to the Hall. Park Hall lies between two town parks, to which it owns its name.

One of several essential town fortifications which had control over access to the town throughout its history filled with wars is Forte Mare Fortress. This fortification, located at the mere entrance of Boka Bay, in the southern part of the Old Town, guarded access from the sea. It represents the beginning of the medieval town founded by Bosnian king Tvrtko in 1382. In the following years, the fortress significantly grew and changed its appearance. From the oldest, Bosnian period, remained a part of the rampart from the south-eastern corner of the fortress and a narrow high stairwell at the end of eastern rampart.

The fortress went through the most severe reconstruction works during Ottoman dominance, from when it got today’s gauges and heights of ramparts with a defensive crown and cannon embrasures. It is evident that the Ottomans dedicated their full attention to strengthening defensive power of the fortress, having understood its strategic significance. It is assumed that the most extensive works were performed after 1542, when the fortification is mentioned as a ‘’strong tower’’ or ‘’Abas-pasha’s tower’’.

Further works were conducted by the Venetians at the beginning of the 18^th century, during which rule today’s name was established. During the Venetian rule, the fortress lost, to a certain extent, its defensive role, since that function was transferred to Spanjola Fortress. Today’s appearance of the fortress comes mainly from the Austrian period, when Forte Mare was restored. They conducted a range of upgrades, particularly in upper parts, to incorporate it better into a defence system at the bay entrance. A place for cannons was adapted then and the northern entrance was reconstructed. During the Austrian rule, the fortress was used as a centre of military communication. It is interesting that cement was used for the first time in the Austro-Hungarian Empire during restoration process in 1833, as a material for the gate, and when they realised that it was waterproof, they also started using it for facades in the Old Town. Its wider usage as a binder in construction began only half a century later.

Recently, the fortification was restored, and one part was repurposed as a summer cinema, which is how the fortress got a different function for the first time in history. As a unique example of continuity in construction, starting from the oldest elements from the Bosnian period to Austro-Hungarian interventions which generated today’s appearance, the fortress possesses an exceptional architectural value and it’s an inescapable destination for numerous tourists.

Kanli kula or in Turkish Bloody tower, located at the northernmost point of the Old Town, was built in the 16^th century, and apart from its defensive role it also had a function of a prison. The exact period of its construction is unknown, but since the fortress was mentioned in written sources for the first time in 1664, in a travelogue of Evliya Çelebi, it is assumed that its nucleus was built after a shorter Spanish dominance over Herceg Novi (1538-1539). Kanli kula was presumably built from another humanitarian building, since a keystone with partial Latin inscription ‘’pro pace’’ was found.

Further development took a longer period of time, so the continuity in construction in addition to application of original architectural expression, characteristic of certain periods of construction, clearly reflect architectural significance of the building. Despite being a work of Ottoman builders and architecture authentic for their period, all future rulers left trace, so today we can see Venetian and Austro-Hungarian construction system in certain segments of the fortress.  A cistern is particularly interesting, which after some time was transformed into a prison cell. Its walls have drawings by prisoners who drew various galleys, fish, emblems, crosses, names and dates. Since these galleys look very similar to the ones the Ottoman Empire used in 16^th and 17^th century, it is probable that the cistern was transformed into prison cell early on and that the Ottomans used it for this purpose until the end of their rule. Today, one of favourite locations for visitors of Herceg Novi, it was also transformed into a summer stage that can host over 1500 persons, which is why many cultural and artistic events take place here.

Spanjola Fortress was built by the Spanish in 1539, although there remains a doubt around the fact that the fortress could have been built in less than a year. After they took over the power from the Ottomans, in their short one-year-rule, the Spanish renovated the town’s fortresses and towers. This is how the Spanjola tower, as the locals call it, was also restored, although in written sources (maps and engravings) name ‘’Upper Town’’ was found.

There was an underground route connecting the fortress with the town. Today’s appearance of the fortress comes from the period of the second Ottoman rule (from 1548), when the Ottomans destroyed a smaller fortress and built a new one. Oriental architecture and Arabic inscription above the fortress entrance confirm it. The fortress is located on the Bayer hill, at the north-western part of the town, at about 170m above sea level. The fortress provides a magnificent view of the Boka Bay entrance. Despite having changed its rulers, the fortress has managed to preserve its original appearance.