One of the most famous statues and a business card of the city of Budva. The image of a dancing girl against the background of the old town can be found everywhere, there are many pictures on the embankment, on postcards and guidebooks.
Legends differ about what and to whom the monument is dedicated, we will tell about the most popular:
According to one version, this is a sculpture of one of the Montenegrin gymnasts who fell from the local rocks to her death. Someone will tell you a story about a young couple who were attacked by a shark while swimming in the sea and only a girl managed to survive. The girl came to the shore every evening and waited for her beloved to come out of the water, but no miracle happened. The girl could not bear the tragic separation from her lover and took her own life. Then a statue was installed here in memory of pure love. They even say that there is a sign about the death of a young man in these places in 1935.
Someone believes that the statue is dedicated to the daughter of one of the local rich people – she went swimming and never returned.
And there is a version that this statue is dedicated to the sailor’s girl, after her beloved went to sea, the girl came to the shore every evening and peered into the distance waiting for a snag. But the ship never returned and the girl grew old and died while remaining faithful to her lover.
