Until 1455, when Turks took the city, Budimlja was part of the wider historical region of Raška, within the Medieval Serbia.

Although the Civil War in Yugoslavia did not reach Montenegro, the city suffered from it as the industry collapsed and the people started to leave it.

Despite that, the town remains an important educational, medical, religious and sporting centre, having produced many successful individuals in those categories.

The Monastery Đurđevi stupovi was built by the end of the 12th century by Prvoslav, the son of Nemanja's brother Tihomir.

The area of Berane municipality and its wider neighbourhood, was part of the Medieval Serbian state until 1455, when Turks took the city of Bihor and Budimlja.

Then, Mojsije Zečević, prior of Đurđevi stupovi, had the leading role among the Orthodox people of Budimlja.

Since the First Serbian Uprising until its final liberation, fights against Turks were constant, especially during the second part of the 19th century.

From July 1949 to March 1992, Berane was known as Ivangrad as a tribute to Ivan Milutinović, and developed as one of the most important industrial centers in Montenegro.

[1] Although its original name was restored in 1992, the town's economy didn't recover due to the sanctions imposed on Yugoslavia in the 1990s.

Its classrooms were a home to many prominent artists and scientists in various disciplines such as: Mihailo Lalić, Dušan Kostić, Radovan Zogović, Jovan Zonjić, Mišo Popović, Aleksandar Rafajlović, Luka Radojević and the others.

Berane also has a school for primary musical education, and there are also few amateur clubs and societies in various disciplines of artistic creation.

A remarkable contribution to science was given by, among others, chemist Vukić Mićović, bacteriologist Milutin Đurišić, geographer Milisav Lutovac, and historian Miomir Dašić.

The level of industrial production is very low, since a big number of companies have stopped working in the past 15 years due to the known crisis in former Yugoslavia.

Bijelo Polje is 35 km away, where there lies the major junction (railway and the road) towards Podgorica and the coast, and to Serbia.

Berane is twinned with:[6][7] Despite all the problems, the town remains an important educational, medical, religional and sport centre having produced many successful individuals in those categories:

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