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 script, Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; Literal translation, lit. 'under the hill') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd ...

. 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

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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

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, across the lake towards

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Vranjina Monastery The Vranjina Monastery ( sr, Манастир Врањина, Manastir Vranjina), also known as the Vranina Monastery or St. Nicholas' Monastery, is a Serbian Orthodox monastery on the south-east part of Vranjina island on Skadar Lake in Monteneg ...

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

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of the

Zetan Orthodox Metropolitanate The Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral of the Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr, Митрополија црногорско-приморска Српске православне цркве, Mitropolija crnogorsko-primorska Srpske pravoslav ...

, 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

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'' 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 viticu ...

restaurant''. Notable local landmarks include the so-called "house of

Oso Kuka Osman Bejtullah Agë Kuka, also known as Oso Kuka (c. 1812/1820–1862), was an Albanian border guard in the Ottoman-Montenegrin border. Surrounded by Montenegrin soldiers in a tower on the island of Vranjina, he blew it up killing himself and ...

", named after an Ottoman border guard of

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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