The bronze monument, almost seven meters high, is dedicated to the state-builder, military leader and church leader of Montenegro, Peter I Petrovic Njegos, who was canonized as St. Petar Cetinjski.
St. Petar Cetinjski was a remarkable figure in the political and cultural history of Montenegro, and his entire life was devoted to the struggle for national liberation of his country, its independence, economic and cultural prosperity.
The monument is located in a section of University Park on George Washington Boulevard.
The author of the monument is MSc. Nenad Soskic, an academic sculptor.
