Dulcigno

Dulcigno (Serb Ultschin, Albanian Ulkun), a port of Montenegro, 20 miles SW. of Scutari, and till 1880 a Turkish town. Pop. about 4000. Old Dulcigno fell into the hands of the Turks in 1571. In the 16th and 17th centuries it was the most famous den of pirates on the Adriatic. In 1880, with the approval of Turkey, the representatives of the Western powers arranged that Dulcigno and its territories should become Montenegro. The despatch, in September 1880, of a fleet representing the great powers, did not immediately secure the transfer; and it was not till the end of November that, after endless procrastination, the Turks expelled the Albanian troops by force, and the Montenegrins were able to take possession.