Zvërnec Island
island in Albania
Zvërnec Island is an island within the Narta Lagoon in southern Albania.
The island is nearly all covered with tall pine trees and is just east of a much smaller island. It is 430m in length and has a maximum width of 300m. Zvërnec Island is connected to the mainland by a 270m long wooden bridge.
The island is a tourist attraction because it contains the well preserved 13th-14th century Byzantine Zvërnec Monastery. Located nearby is the village of Zvërnec, from which the island derives its name. The island has an area about 9 hectares.
Historically, the island’s St. Mary's Monastery, Zvërnec was under the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of nearby Nartë, as the present-day village of Zvërnec did not yet exist when the monastery was founded; today both Nartë and Zvërnec belong to the Qendër Vlorë administrative unit of Vlorë Municipality. The monastery complex has been protected as a Cultural Monument since 1963.
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