The Biljarda is the former palace of Petar II Petrović-Njegoš — prince-bishop, poet, and Montenegro's most beloved historical figure — built in 1838 as an administrative and residential building. The name comes from the billiard table that dominated the main hall, an object so incongruous in its mountain setting that it became the building's defining feature.
Today the Biljarda houses a museum devoted to Njegoš, with personal effects, manuscripts, weapons, and a large relief map of Montenegro made for Napoleon III that shows the country's topography in extraordinary detail. The map, commissioned in the 1870s, fills an entire room and gives a visceral sense of just how mountainous the country is. The building sits adjacent to the Cetinje Monastery and is part of the same historic core of the town.