Žabljak Crnojevića

Zabljak Crnojevića ( serb. also Скадарски Жабљак = Zabljak on Shkodrasee ), is a medieval ruins in Montenegro. The Zabljak castle with its suburb was the residence of the Montenegrin princes of the family Crnojević in the 15th century.

The village lies on a hill surrounded by marshland near the northeastern shore of Shkodrasees, where the river Morača opens. Perhaps the castle was built in the 10th century; first written news about Zabljak there but only from the 15th century. 1479 the Ottomans conquered the castle and Prince Ivan Crnojević moved his residence to the mountains, to where later the city was Cetinje. Almost exactly 400 years later, in 1878, the area was ceded to Zabljak from the Ottoman Empire back to Montenegro.

Zabljak is largely leave today; at the foot of Castle Hill, there are only a handful of inhabited houses. Interesting addition to the fortifications of the palace of Prince Ivan and the St. George's Church.