9 Sights in Skopje, North Macedonia (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Skopje, North Macedonia. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 9 sights are available in Skopje, North Macedonia.
Sightseeing Tours in SkopjeActivities in Skopje1. City Park
Book Ticket*The city park is a public park in Skopje and the largest city park in the country. It began to form sometime in the 19th century. The culture of garden regulation and flower cultivation in Macedonians is as old as their existence, but green areas of public character in Skopje occur only in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, from when the first data on the city park dateback.
2. Clement of Ohrid
Clement or Kliment of Ohrid was one of the first medieval Bulgarian saints, scholar, writer, and apostle to the Slavs. He was one of the most prominent disciples of Cyril and Methodius and is often associated with the creation of the Glagolitic and Cyrillic scripts, especially their popularisation among Christianised Slavs. He was the founder of the Ohrid Literary School and is regarded as a patron of education and language by some Slavic people. He is considered to be the first bishop of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church, one of the Seven Apostles of Bulgarian Orthodox Church since the 10th century, and one of the premier saints of modern Bulgaria. The mission of Clement was the crucial factor which transformed the Slavs in then Kutmichevitsa into Bulgarians. Clement is also the patron saint of North Macedonia, the city of Ohrid and the Macedonian Orthodox Church.
3. Museum of Macedonia
The Museum of the Republic of North Macedonia, formerly and still unofficially known as the Museum of Macedonia, is a national institution in North Macedonia and one of the oldest museums in the country. It is located in the Old Bazaar in Skopje, near the Skopje Fortress. The Museum of the Republic of North Macedonia was created by joining three museums in one. The three museums that were unified were the archaeological, historical and ethnological museum, of which the archaeological museum was the oldest one; it was opened in 1924 and that date is considered as an establishing date of the national museum. During the existence of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, the museum was known as People's Museum of Macedonia.
4. Museum of the Macedonian struggle
The Museum of the Macedonian Struggle is a national museum of North Macedonia located in the capital city of Skopje. Construction of the museum began on 11 June 2008 and it was opened to the public on the 20th anniversary of the declaration of independence on 8 September 2011. The building lies on the former location of the Skopje branch of the National Bank of Yugoslavia, between the Archaeological Museum of North Macedonia, the Holocaust Museum of Macedonia, the Stone Bridge and the Vardar River.
5. Daut Pasha Hamam National Gallery
The National Gallery (Macedonian: Национална галерија, is a national art museum of North Macedonia in the Old Bazaar, located in the capital city of Skopje. Its permanent collection is housed in the 15th century Turkish Bath building known as the Daut Pasha Baths, but the museum also features a smaller exhibition at the nearby Čifte Hammam. Founded in 1948, the museum's collection dates from the 14th century.
6. Contemporary Art Museum of Macedonia
The Contemporary Art Museum is one of the largest and most complete national institutions of North Macedonia. Located in the capital city of Skopje, the museum was founded in 1963 following the disastrous earthquake that hit the city. The building project was donated by the Polish Government.
Wikipedia: Museum of Contemporary Art (Skopje) (EN), Website
7. Church of St. Demetrius
St. Dimitrija - an Orthodox temple in Skopje, a former cathedral church of the Skopje Diocese, dedicated to the great martyr Dimitrija. In her place there was an old temple, which existed since the 17th century. In 1727 “St. Dimitar ”is mentioned as a cathedral church.
8. Skanderbeg
Gjergj Kastrioti, commonly known as Skanderbeg, was an Albanian feudal lord and military commander who led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in what is today Albania, North Macedonia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, and Serbia.
9. Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia
The Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia is a memorial to the Holocaust of the 7,148 Jews from North Macedonia and the history of the Jews in the Balkans, located in Skopje, the capital city of North Macedonia.
Wikipedia: Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia (EN)
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