MAJA JEZERCE

June 26, 2016 By Howard Kramer Leave a Comment

Albania/Montenegro (2,694 m) – Tallest Peak in the Dinaric Alps

Maja Jezerce is the tallest mountain in southeastern Europe and one of the highest between the Alps and Greece. It stands at the center of a great cluster of peaks that dominate the nations of Albania, Greece and western Serbia. Its name means “lake peak” for the sparkling blue lakes that dot the area around the mountain.

The Mountains on the Albanian-Montenegran frontier have long been home to the Malesori people, and Maja Jezerce appears in the local legends of the region. During the postwar years, the Communists renamed it the Maja e Rinise, but this name was rejected after the collapse of the Warsaw Pact. The mountain was first scaled in 1929 by back-to-back teams from Italy and Britain.

Maja Jezerce is located thirty miles east of Podgorica in Montenegro and eighty miles north of Tirana. The peak is located on the Albanian side, but the mountain is more easily accessible from Gusinje in Montenegro. Maja Jezerce is part of Thethi National Park.

About Howard Kramer

Howard Kramer is the creator and author of The Complete Pilgrim. He first took an interest in religious sites in his early twenties when traveling through Italy after college. In the two decades since he has traveled to more than two dozen countries and almost every state, visiting and photographing hundreds of the world’s greatest churches, synagogues and other places of religious interest. Howard has been writing about religious sites for the better part of the last decade, and The Complete Pilgrim is a culmination of years of his work and passion.

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Howard Kramer is the creator and author of The Complete Pilgrim. He first took an interest in religious sites in his early twenties when traveling through Italy after college. In the two decades since he has traveled to more than two dozen countries and almost every state, visiting and photographing hundreds of the world’s greatest churches, synagogues and other places of religious interest. Howard has been writing about religious sites for the better part of the last decade, and The Complete Pilgrim is the culmination of years of his work and passion.