Zabljak Montenegro – meet the highest town in the Balkans

When it comes to Zabljak Montenegro spies a rich story that goes all the way back to the 9th century and the early Montenegrin feudal society. The first name of Zabljak was “Varezina voda” (Varezin’s water), for the stream of drinking water that crosses the land.

Administratively, Zabljak was divided into territorially wide parishes in the early 11th century. At the time when Montenegro was fighting battles with the Byzantine empire, Zabljak belonged to the old state called Rashka.

Between the years of 1482 and 1857, the country was under the Ottoman empire. The greatest shelters from the Turkish invasion were Orthodox monasteries and churches. In Zabljak Montenegro had beaten the Turks on several occasions and rebuilt their homes afterwards.

According to the great fighting spirit and the courage of Montenegrins, Turks never managed to establish the power in that area. The churches on Zabljak have been built to honour the great victories over the Ottoman invaders.