Skadar Lake National Park – Discover the Largest Lake in the Balkans

The Skadar Lake National Park was once a part of the medieval Zeta, one of the early state formations on the territory of today’s Montenegro. At the end of the 15th century, there was a great Ottoman invasion, when the Turks occupied the area of ​​Shkodra.

During the period of Ottoman rule, after the 15th century, fortresses like Besac above the village of Virpazar were built in the vicinity of the Skadar lake, while the Lesendro fortress on the island near Vranjina was built in the 19th century during the reign of Peter II Petrović Njegoš. Today, these monuments are some of the most visited sights associated with the Skadar Lake National Park.