Rumija

Mountain Rumija on Lake Skadar.

Steep west side of Rumijabdep2

The Rumija (Cyrillic Румија ) is a mountain range of the Dinaric Alps in the southeast Montenegro and referred the same time the highest with 1594 m summit of this mountain range.

Geography

The ridge of Rumija extends over 10 kilometers from northwest to southeast, and together with the Paštrovići Mountains a natural barrier between the Adriatic Sea and Lake Skadar. Other peaks are Brisan ( 1435 m), Kozjak (1427 m), Loška ( 1353 m), Čagoglina ( 1297 m), Debelin ( 1205 m), Široka Strana ( 1185 m) and Vrsuta ( 1183 m). The mountain range ends in the south-east, always competitive in the history Tarabosh (593 m), which is already far from Shkodra on Albanian territory. At the Adriatic coastline towards the Rumija falls steeply, slightly less steep, Skadar Lake. The height difference is more than 1500 m, the highest elevation differences in Montenegro.

Nearest city is situated on the Adriatic Sea Bar, situated inland from the old town, Stari Bar, the summit is to hike in about 5 hours.

Traffic

Rumija and Paštrovići Mountains form a barrier between the Zeta plain around Podgorica and the sea. Traffic routes overcome him only in a few places. The Paštrovići mountains can be crossed at 876 m high Seoštik Pass and on Poljice Pass ( 665 m). A single road passes through the Rumija on the northern edge at 805 m high Sutorman Pass. The Antivari station beneath crossed the pass in a summit tunnel at 640 m height. In 1959 a new railway line was opened to Bar, which passes under the mountain bar at the transition from Rumija to Paštrovići Mountains in the 6170 m long Sozina railway tunnel (Cyrillic Тунел Созина ). Opened in 2005, Sozina road tunnel today allows rapid passage of the mountain range. The road tunnel is 4189 m long and charges. He reached the coast just north of sutomore.

A narrow, winding road follows the southern shore of Lake Skadar and crosses the eastern foothills of the Rumija shortly before the Albanian border.

Religious significance

The summit of Rumija is a place of importance in Christianity. Every year at Pentecost the cross Jovan Vladimir is carried in a procession from the village Velji Mikulići to the summit. Traditionally, in addition to the Orthodox Christians of the Bar region and Catholics and Muslims in the procession and the ascent to the top part.

In June 2005, the Serbian Orthodox Church with the help of an Army helicopter a chapel dedicated to the Holy Trinity was built. The establishment of about 3 m to 2.5 m large chapel was a highly controversial matter as it was done without the approval of the Montenegrin authorities and the use of an army helicopter was seen leading up to the referendum on independence in Montenegro as a provocation.