Editing Podgorica (section)

===Ottoman Empire===
[[File:28iulsah.jpg|thumb|View of [[Depedogen|Ribnica fortress and Old bridge]], Catholic Church (right), Debbaglar Bridge, government mansion and the Mirko Varosh Hotel (far left), before 1901]]
The [[Ottoman Empire]] captured Podgorica in 1474. Podgorica became a [[Qadaa|kaza]] of the [[Sanjak of Scutari]] (which was historically led by Albanian Pashas). In 1479, The Ottomans built a [[Depedogen|large fortress]] in Podgorica, and the existing settlement, with its highly developed merchant connections, became the main Ottoman defensive and attacking bastion in the region. At the beginning of 1474 the Ottoman sultan intended to rebuild Podgorica and [[Baleč]] and settle them with 5,000 Muslim families (most of them of Albanian or Slavic origin),<ref>{{cite web |last=Božić |first=Ivan |title=Nemirno pomorje XV veka |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X2AeAAAAMAAJ&q=%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%87 |year=1979 |publisher=Srpska književna zadruga |location=Beograd |language=sr |oclc=5845972 |page=295 |quote=почетком 1474 ... о султановој намери да обнови Подгорицу и да је насели са пет хиљада турских домаћинстава, а исто тако да подигне из рушевина стари град Балеч |access-date=19 November 2020 |archive-date=10 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410101548/https://books.google.com/books?id=X2AeAAAAMAAJ&q=%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%87 |url-status=live}}</ref> in order to stop cooperation between the [[Principality of Zeta]] and [[Albania Veneta]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Ćorović |first=Vladimir |title=Istorija Srba |year=2005 |publisher=Zoograf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IGotAQAAIAAJ&q=%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%87 |access-date=21 January 2012 |page=357 |isbn=978-86-7578-127-1 |language=sr |quote=...очвидно из разлога да спрече везе између Зећана и Албанаца |archive-date=10 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220410101648/https://books.google.com/books?id=IGotAQAAIAAJ&q=%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%87 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Podgorica fell again, but this time to the Ottomans in 1484, and the character of the town changed extensively. The Ottomans fortified the city, building towers, gates, and defensive ramparts that give Podgorica the appearance of an Ottoman military city.

[[File:Natural History Museum of Montenegro, Sahat Kula, 2019.jpg|thumb|180px|left|[[Clock Tower (Podgorica)|City Clock Tower]]]]

Most of today's Montenegro and Podgorica fell under the rule of the Albanian [[Bushati]] Family of Shkodra between 1760 and 1831, which ruled independently from the Imperial authority of the Ottoman Sultan.

In 1864, Podgorica became a ''kaza'' of the [[Scutari Vilayet]] called Böğürtlen ("blackberry", also known as Burguriçe).

[[File:Sastavci_Podgorica.jpg|thumb|View of [[Depedogen|Ribnica fortress and Old bridge]]]]

On 7 October 1874, in a violent reaction over the murder of a local named Juso Mučin Krnić,<ref name="MJ">{{cite web |url=http://www.montenegrina.net/pages/pages1/istorija/cg_u_xix_vijeku/jusovaca_kazneni_zavod_u_podgorici.htm |author=Marijan-Mašo Miljić |title=JUSOVAČA – KAZNENI ZAVOD U PODGORICI (1893–1945) |language=sr |access-date=5 January 2019 |archive-date=11 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111081944/http://www.montenegrina.net/pages/pages1/istorija/cg_u_xix_vijeku/jusovaca_kazneni_zavod_u_podgorici.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> Ottoman forces killed at least 15 people in Podgorica.<ref name="INPP">{{cite web |url=https://www.in4s.net/izbliza-o-dalekom-podgoricki-pokolj-1874/ |author=Perivoje Popović |work=ИН4С |title=Изблиза о далеком: Подгорички покољ 1874. |language=sr |date=7 November 2016 |access-date=5 January 2019 |archive-date=6 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106153350/https://www.in4s.net/izbliza-o-dalekom-podgoricki-pokolj-1874/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The massacre was widely reported outside of Montenegro and ultimately contributed to the buildup to the [[Montenegrin–Ottoman War (1876–78)|Montenegrin-Ottoman War]].

The end of the Montenegrin-Ottoman War in 1878 resulted in the [[Congress of Berlin]] recognizing vast territories, including that of Podgorica, as part of the newly recognized [[Principality of Montenegro]]. At that time there were about 1,500 houses in Podgorica, with more than 8,000 people living there – of Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Muslim faiths flourishing together.