Capital city Podgorica Adjacent body of water Lake Skadar | Area 015 km (5.8 sq mi) Largest settlement Podgorica | |
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Beška (Serbian: Бешка) is an island in Lake Skadar in the Montenegrin municipality of Bar.
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Map of Ostrvo Beska, Montenegro
Monastery
There are two churches in the Beška Monastery built on the island. The older church is St. George's Church, built at the end of the 14th century by Đurađ II Balšić the Lord of Zeta from 1385 to 1403. St. Mary's Church was built in 1438/1439 by his wife, Jelena Balšić.
Name
The alternative names of the island include Gorica, Beška Gorica, Beška Velja, Brezavica and Brezovica. In older geographical cards it is referred to as Murići.
References
Beška (island) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA