BALKAN – REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA

BALKAN – REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA

SKOPJE

It is the country’s political, cultural, economic and academic centre. In the Roman period it was known under the name Scupi . One of the main attractions is the stone bridge across the Vardar River.

OHRID (UNESCO)

It is situated on the shores of Lake Ohrid; the town of Ohrid is one of the oldest human settlements in Europe. Built mainly between the 7^th and the 19^th century, it has the oldest Slav monastery ( st Pantelejmon) and more than 800 Byzantine –style icons dating from the 11^th to the end of the 14^th century. After the one of the Tretiakov Gallery in Moscow, this is the most important collection of icons in the world.

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE STOBI

It built where the Erigon River ( Mod. Crna) joins the Axios River ( mod, Vardar) , the city was strategically important as the centre for both trade and warfare and it became the capital of the Roman province  of Macedonia Salutaris.

THE MEMORIAL HOUSE OF MOTHER TERESA

It is dedicated to the humanitarian and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mother Teresa and is located in her hometown Skopje, in Macedonia, where she lived from 1910 to 1928.