Vranjina ( cnr, Врањина) is a settlement, island, and a hill in

Lake Skadar Lake Skadar ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, Скадарско језеро, Skadarsko jezero, ; sq, Liqeni i Shkodrës, ) also called Lake Scutari, Lake Shkodër and Lake Shkodra lies on the border of Albania and Montenegro, and is the largest lake in Southern ...

, in the Montenegrin municipality of

Podgorica Podgorica (Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; lit. 'under the hill') is the capital and largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd (Cyrillic: Титоград, ) between 1946 and 1992—in the period that Montenegro form ...

. Until the first half of the 18th century, Vranjina like other islands of Skadar lake, was one of the hills in the Zeta–Skadar lowlands.

Island

Created by a delta of the

Morača River The Morača ( sr-cyrl, Морача, ) is a major river in Montenegro that originates in the northern region in Kolašin Municipality under Mount Rzača. It meanders southwards for before emptying into Lake Skadar. Its drainage basin covers . ...

, the island is in the northern part of the lake. It has an area of 4.6 km² and its highest point is at 296 meters, making it the highest island in Montenegro. The island is connected to the mainland by a bridge, towards

, and a causeway, across the lake towards Bar. Vranjina Monastery is a well-known feature of the island. According to the legend, the island had different name before the monastery has been built. When Ilarion Šišojević, the first

metropolitan bishop In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan (alternative obsolete form: metropolite), pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis. Originally, the term referred to the ...

of the Zetan Orthodox Metropolitanate, started the construction of the monastery he decided that the island will be named against the first bird he would notice. It was a

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( sr, Врана).

Town

Vranjina town, on the shores of the Skadar lake, is called the ''Montenegrin

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The isla ...

'' because of its natural setting. It is a popular

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spot. Several fish restaurants located on the island include ''

Plantaže Plantaže ( cnr, Плантаже, ; MNSEPLAP is a Montenegrin wine and grape brandy producer. Overview ''AD Plantaže'', a joint stock company presently incorporated into Holding company "Agrokombinat 13 jul", is the biggest Montenegrin vitic ...

restaurant''. Notable local landmarks include the so-called "house of Oso Kuka", named after an Ottoman border guard of Albanian descent who died on the island in a fight against Montenegrin forces in 1862.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census, its population was 209.

References

External links

* Islands of Montenegro Islands of Lake Skadar Hills of Montenegro Geography of Podgorica Populated places in Podgorica Municipality {{Montenegro-geo-stub