{"id":121,"date":"2025-12-09T12:04:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T12:04:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tozabljak.com\/?page_id=121"},"modified":"2025-12-09T12:04:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T12:04:33","slug":"about-zabljak","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tozabljak.com\/en\/o-zabljaku\/","title":{"rendered":"About \u017dabljak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The city of \u017dabljak is located in the northwest of Montenegro, in the heart of the Durmitor region, at an altitude of 1450 meters above sea level and is the highest urban settlement in the Balkans. It is located at the foot of Durmitor and surrounded by 23 mountain peaks over 2200 meters, with 18 mountain lakes and the Tara River Canyon, the deepest in Europe. Today, over 4500 inhabitants live in \u017dabljak and the surrounding area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-attachment-id=\"123\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tozabljak.com\/en\/o-zabljaku\/tozabljak__durmitorimg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tozabljak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tozabljak__durmitorimg.webp?fit=1600%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tozabljak__durmitorimg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tozabljak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tozabljak__durmitorimg.webp?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tozabljak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tozabljak__durmitorimg.webp?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tozabljak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tozabljak__durmitorimg.webp?resize=1024%2C576&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tozabljak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tozabljak__durmitorimg.webp?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tozabljak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tozabljak__durmitorimg.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tozabljak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tozabljak__durmitorimg.webp?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tozabljak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tozabljak__durmitorimg.webp?resize=1536%2C864&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tozabljak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tozabljak__durmitorimg.webp?resize=18%2C10&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tozabljak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tozabljak__durmitorimg.webp?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tozabljak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tozabljak__durmitorimg.webp?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first Slavic name for this place was \u201cVarezina voda\u201d, probably because of the strong spring of drinking water, around which the settlement was formed. Later, it was called \u201cHanovi\u201d or originally \u201cAnovi\u201d, where trade caravans rested. \u017dabljak officially received its current name in 1870, when the construction of a church, school and captain\u2019s house began on the same day. During the war and devastation, the old buildings disappeared. Only the Church of the Holy Transfiguration remained, built in honor of the victory over the Turks in 1862. The emergence of \u017dabljak was accompanied by the beginning of several trade and craft shops and taverns. Thus, already in the 1880s, \u017dabljak represented a kind of market, which gradually led to it starting to take on the role of the administrative center of the Durmitor region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the period before World War II, \u017dabljak was a small town with typical mountain architecture. Already in that period, the unique nature began to attract a large number of tourists from the then Kingdom of Yugoslavia, but also from abroad. In particular, due to its connections with Montenegro, there were numerous guests from Italy. In addition to the magnificent natural environment, the richness of this area with wildlife and the advantages it offers for hunting and fishing, brings many lovers of this type of sport to \u017dabljak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During World War II, the town was burned down. All the homes and institutions were burned down, and nothing remained of this small mountain settlement, except rubble and burnt-out areas. Since then, until today, \u017dabljak has been built and rebuilt, becoming the center of winter tourism in Montenegro. The unique and diverse natural resources, in such a small area, recommended \u017dabljak as the ecological capital of the first ecological state in the world. The members of the Parliament of Montenegro, intoxicated by the fresh mountain air, at an extraordinary session, held under the open sky, made a decision to proclaim Montenegro the first ecological state and unanimously chose \u017dabljak as its capital.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grad \u017dabljak nalazi se na sjeverozapadu Crne Gore, u srcu Durmitorskog podru\u010dja, na visini od 1450 metara nadmorske visine i predstavlja najviso\u010dije urbano naselje na Balkanu. Smje\u0161teno je u podno\u017eju Durmitora i okru\u017eeno sa 23 planinska vrha od preko 2200 metara, sa 18 planinskih jezera i kanjonom rijeke Tare, najdubljim u Evropi. 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