Mount Tomorr is a large mountain in southern Albania

Albania

Albania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...

. Its highest peak, called Çuka e Partizanit

Çuka e Partizanit

Çuka e Partizanit is a mountain peak in Albania. It is the highest peak of the mountain of Tomorr at . Çuka e Partizanit is located on the northern part of Tomorr along its steep ridge. The peak can be seen from the city of Berat....

, reaches a height of 2416 m (7,927 ft). It is located east of the towns of Berat

Berat

Berat is a town located in south-central Albania. As of 2009, the town has an estimated population of around 71,000 people. It is the capital of both the District of Berat and the larger County of Berat...

 and Poliçan

Poliçan

Poliçan is a city in Berat County situated in south-central Albania. It has a population of about 12,000 inhabitants and is surrounded by several hills from whom it is said the nominative derives from.It is composed by few neighbourhoods like Plirez, Pronovik ,Kalluc, Poligon, Lavdar and City center...

 and the river Osum not far from the Canyon of Osum river

Canyon of Osum river

The Osum Canyon is a river canyon in southern Albania, near the town of Çorovodë. The river of Osum, which also passes through the town Berat, cuts through the canyon. The canyon is a great tourist attraction where people come to go rafting....

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In antiquity the region of Tomorr ( Amyron) was inhabited by the Dexari, a tribe of Epirus that belonged to the Chaonian group.
Albanian folklore

Albanian folklore

Albanian mythology comprises myths and legends of the Albanians. The elements of Albanian mythology are of Paleo-Balkanic origin and almost all of them are pagan....

 tells how Tomorr came to be. The people believed that Tomorr was a giant that wanted to fight another giant named Shpirag for a young woman. The two giants killed each other and when hearing this the young woman cried and drowned in her own tears thus creating the river of Osum.

Tomorr is of great importance to the local people where a Bektashi

Bektashi

Bektashi Order or Bektashism is an Islamic Sufi order founded in the 13th century by the Persian saint Haji Bektash Veli. In addition to the spiritual teachings of Haji Bektash Veli the order was significantly influenced during its formative period by both the Hurufis as well as the...

 religious temple can be found, and offering them many facilities such as skiing. For its importance and beauty the Albanian Government declared Tomorr a National Park. Tomorr Mountain National Park (Albanian

Albanian language

Albanian is an Indo-European language spoken by approximately 7.6 million people, primarily in Albania and Kosovo but also in other areas of the Balkans in which there is an Albanian population, including western Macedonia, southern Montenegro, southern Serbia and northwestern Greece...

:Parku Kombëtar i Malit të Tomorrit) covers an area of 4,000 hectares. Many endangered species are free to roam and live there.

External links

• TMNP on Berat Guide (Albanian)