Ohrid Охрид

Coat of arms City motto : Coordinates 41.7° N 20.48° E Municipality : Ohrid municipality Elevation 695 m Population 55 749 Time zone  - Standard  - Summer (DST) CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) Founded Area code +389 46 Postal code 6000 Car plates OH Official Website www.ohrid.gov.mk/

Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region*
UNESCO World Heritage Site
State Party	the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Type	Mixed
Criteria	i, iii, iv, vii
Reference	99
Region†	Europe and North America
Inscription History
Inscription	1979  (3rd Session)
Extensions	1980
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO.

Ohrid (Macedonian Cyrillic: Охрид) is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. It has about 55,700 inhabitants. It is the seat of Ohrid municipality. The city is rich in picturesque houses and monuments, and tourism is predominant. It is located east of Elbasan and Tirana in Albania, southwest of Skopje, and west-northwest of Resen and Bitola. There are several explanations for the origin of the name Ohrid. According to one of them, the name Ohrid is entirely Slavic and it is derived from the expression "na hrid" which means "on a hill". Indeed the town of Ohrid is built on a hill. Image File history File links MMCA(Ohrid). ... Image File history File links MIHPM(Ohrid). ... See Cartesian coordinate system or Coordinates (elementary mathematics) for a more elementary introduction to this topic. ... The municipalities of the Republic of Macedonia are first-order administrative divisions. ... Municipality of Ohrid (Macedonian:Општина Охрид) is a municipality in the South western part of the Macedonia. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... European Summer Time is the daylight saving time practiced in Europe, the period during which clocks are reset by one hour in relation to the official time observed during the rest of the year. ... Daylight saving time (also called DST, or Summer Time) is the local time a region is designated for a portion of the year, usually an hour forward from its standard official time. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing summer time Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of the time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... ... Central European Summer Time (CEST) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... ... A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... Postal codes are generally clearly visible outside local Australian post offices. ... A license plate, licence plate, number plate or registration plate (often referred to simply as a plate, or colloquially tag) is a small metal or plastic plate attached to a motor vehicle for official identification purposes. ... Lake Ohrid (Macedonian: Охридско Езеро, Ohridsko Ezero Albanian: Liqeni i Ohrit) straddles the mountainous border between the southwestern region of the Republic of Macedonia and eastern Albania. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... As of 2006, there are a total of 830 World Heritage Sites located in 138 State Parties. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Macedonia. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... This is a list of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Europe. ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... The Macedonian language (македонски јазик makedonski jazik) is a language in the Eastern group of South Slavic languages and is the official language of the Republic of Macedonia. ... Lake Ohrid (Macedonian: Охридско Езеро, Ohridsko Ezero Albanian: Liqeni i Ohrit) straddles the mountainous border between the southwestern region of the Republic of Macedonia and eastern Albania. ... For an explanation of terms related to Macedonia, see Macedonia (terminology). ... Municipality of Ohrid (Macedonian:Општина Охрид) is a municipality in the South western part of the Macedonia. ... Elbasan (Albanian: Elbasan or Elbasani) is a city in central Albania. ... Tirana (Albanian: Tiranë or Tirana) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Albania. ... The church of St. ... Resen was, according to Genesis 10, a town founded by Nimrod. ... City motto : Битола, бабам Битола (Bitola, babam Bitola) Coordinates Municipality : Bitola municipality Elevation 576 m Population 95 385 Time zone  - Standard  - Summer (DST) CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) Founded Area code +389 047 Postal code 7000 Car plates BT Official Website www. ...

In 1980, Ohrid and Lake Ohrid were accepted as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a specific site (such as a forest, mountain, lake, desert, monument, building, complex, or city) that has been nominated and confirmed for inclusion on the list maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 State... UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ...

Name

In Macedonian and the other South Slavic languages the name of the city is Охрид and in Albanian the city is known as Ohër or Ohri. See also other names. Historical names include Dyassarites which is of Illyrian origin [1], and the Greek names Lychnidos (Λύχνιδος), Ochrida (Οχρίδα) and Achrida (Αχρίδα), the latter two of which are still in modern usage. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Illyrian languages are a group of Indo-European languages that were spoken in the western part of the Balkans in pre-Roman times. ...

History

The contemporary city of Ohrid is a descendant of the antique town of Lychnidos. This was confirmed by several Byzantine sources in which it was written "the town is situated on a high hill near the large lake of Lychnidos, by which also the town was named Lychnis, previously known as Dyassarites1 (from Illyrian "oesserites", people living on the lake shore). The Lake of Ohrid, the ancient Lacus Lychnitis, whose blue and exceedingly transparent waters in remote antiquity gave to the lake its Greek name; it was still called so occasionally in the Middle Ages. It was located along the Via Egnatia, which connected the Adriatic port Dyrrachion (present-day Durrës) with Byzantium, it was a town in the empire of king Phillip II of Macedon who probably had a fortress on the hill even before the fortress of Tsar Samuil was erected.2. Archaeological excavations (e.g., the Polyconhous Basilica from 5th century) prove early adaptation of Christianity in the area. Bishops from Lychnidos participated in multiple ecumenical councils. Ancient Via Egnatia route Via Egnatia (Greek: Εγνατία Οδός) was a road constructed by the Romans around 146 BC. It was named after Gnaeus Egnatius, proconsul of Macedonia, who ordered its construction. ... The Adriatic Sea is an arm of the Mediterranean Sea separating the Apennine peninsula (Italy) from the Balkan peninsula, and the system of the Apennine Mountains from that of the Dinaric Alps and adjacent ranges. ... View of Durrës Durrës (historical names: Δυρράχιον,Durazzo, Epidamnos, Драч, Dyrrhachium) is the most ancient and one of the most economically important cities of Albania. ... Byzantium (Greek: Βυζάντιον) was an ancient Greek city, which, according to legend, was founded by Greek colonists from Megara in 667 BC and named after their king Byzas or Byzantas (Βύζας or Βύζαντας in Greek). ... Philip II - King of Macedon Philip II of Macedon (382 BC–336 BC; in Greek Φίλιππος, transliterated Philippos) was the King of Macedon from 359 BC until his death. ... It has been suggested that Samuils Inscription be merged into this article or section. ... The word ecumenism (also oecumenism, Å“cumenism) is derived from Greek (oikoumene), which means the inhabited world, and was historically used with specific reference to the Roman Empire. ...

The Bulgarians conquered the city in 867. The name Ohrid first appeared in 879. Between 990 and 1015, Ohrid was the capital and stronghold of the Bulgarian Empire. From 990 to 1018 Ohrid was also the seat of the Ohrid Patriarchate. After the Byzantine conquest of the city in 1018, the Bulgarian Patriarchate was downgraded to an Archbishopric and placed under the authority of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. Events Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona, founded the benedictine monastery at Ripoll. ... Events Construction of the Al-Hakim Mosque begins in Cairo. ... Events August: Canute the Great invades England. ... The First Bulgarian Empire was founded in 681 AD in the lands near the Danube delta and disintegrated in 1018 AD by annexion to the Byzantine Empire. ... It has been suggested that Eastern Roman Empire be merged into this article or section. ... // Team# 1018 Pike High School Robotics Team Team #1018 FIRST Logo Check Out Our FIRST WIKI Page Events Bulgaria becomes part of the Byzantine Empire. ... The Bulgarian Orthodox Church is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church with some 6. ... Throne inside the Patriarchade of Constantinople. ...

Floor mosaic in the Polyconhous Basilica

The higher clergy after 1018 was almost invariably Greek, including during the period of Ottoman domination, until the abolition of the archbishopric in 1767. At the beginning of the 16th century the archbishopric reached its peak subordinating the Sofia, Vidin, Vlach and Moldavian eparchies, part of the former Peć Patriarchate (including Peć itself), and even the Orthodox districts of Italy (Apulia, Calabria and Sicily), Venice and Dalmatia. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1256x1173, 367 KB) [edit] Summary Mosaic in the early Christian basilica at Plaoshnik, Ohrid [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Ohrid Metadata This file contains... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1256x1173, 367 KB) [edit] Summary Mosaic in the early Christian basilica at Plaoshnik, Ohrid [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Ohrid Metadata This file contains... Motto دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Borders in 1680, see: list of territories Capital Söğüt (1299–1326) Bursa (1326–65) Edirne (1365–1453) Constantinople (Ä°stanbul, 1453–1922) Language(s) Ottoman Turkish (official); spoken languages include Abkhazian, Adyghe, Albanian, Arabic, Aramaic, Armenian, Azerbaijani... 1767 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Position of Sofia in Bulgaria Coordinates: Country Bulgaria Province Sofia-City Government  - Mayor Boyko Borisov Area  - City 1,349 km²  (520. ... Vidin (Bulgarian: Видин; Romanian: Vidin, Diiu) is a town on the southern bank of the Danube in northwestern Bulgaria. ... Map of Romania with Wallachia in yellow. ... For other uses of Moldavia or Moldova, see Moldova (disambiguation). ... This article is about the Italian region. ... Cliffside dwellings in Tropea. ... Sicily (Sicilia in Italian and Sicilian) is an autonomous region of Italy and the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, with an area of 25,708 km² (9,926 sq. ... Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venezsia, Latin: Venetia) is a city in northern Italy, the capital of region Veneto, and has a population of 271,663 (census estimate January 1, 2004). ... Dalmatia, highlighted, on a map of Croatia. ...

As an episcopal city, Ohrid was an important cultural center. Almost all surviving churches were built by the Byzantines and by the Bulgarians, the rest of them date back to the short time of Serbian rule during the late Middle Ages. The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ...

Ohrid is credited as being the birthplace of the Cyrillic alphabet, which was most probably created by St. Clement of Ohrid that further reformed the Glagolic alphabet created in turn by the brothers St. Cyril and Methodius. Saint Clement of Ohrid Saint Clement of Ohrid (Bulgarian: , IPA: ) (ca. ... Tablet inscribed with the Glagolitic alphabet The Glagolitic alphabet or Glagolitsa is the oldest known Slavonic alphabet. ...

Bohemond and his Norman army took the city in 1083. In the 13th and 14th century the city changed hands between Despotate of Epirus, Bulgaria, Byzantine Empire and Serbia. At the end of the 14th century it was conquered by the Ottomans and remained under them until 1912. The Christian population declined during the first centuries of Ottoman rule. In 1664 there were only 142 Christian houses. The situation improved in the 18th century when Ohrid emerged as an important trade center on a major trade route. At the end of this century it had around 5 thousands inhabitants. Towards the end of the 18th century and in the early part of the 19th century, Ohrid region, like other parts of European Turkey, was a hotbed of unrest. Semi-independent feudal lords such as Mahmud Pasha Bushatlija and Djeladin Beg controlled Ohrid and openly defied the central government by not submitting taxes and by using tax money to bolster their own private armies. By the end of 19th century Ohrid had 2409 houses with 11900 inhabitants out of which 45% were Muslim while the rest was mainly Orthodox Christian. Before 1912, Ohrid (Ohri) was a township center bounded to Monastir sanjak in Monastir province (present-day Bitola). Bohemund I of Antioch (c. ... Norman conquests in red. ... The Despotate of Epirus was one of the medieval Greek successor states of the Byzantine Empire, founded in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade in 1204. ... It has been suggested that Eastern Roman Empire be merged into this article or section. ... Anthem Serbia() on the European continent() Capital (and largest city) Belgrade Official languages Serbian language 1 Recognised regional languages Hungarian, Croatian, Slovak, Romanian, Rusyn 2 Albanian 3 Government Semi-presidential republic  -  President Boris Tadić  -  Prime Minister Vojislav KoÅ¡tunica Establishment  -  Formation 8th century   -  First unified state c. ... The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power Imperial motto El Muzaffer Daima The Ever Victorious (as written in tugra) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital İstanbul ( Constantinople/Asitane/Konstantiniyye ) Sovereigns Sultans of the Osmanli Dynasty Population ca 40 million Area 12+ million km² Establishment 1299 Dissolution October 29... Ancient Via Egnatia route Via Egnatia (Greek: Εγνατία Οδός) was a road constructed by the Romans around 146 BC. It was named after Gnaeus Egnatius, proconsul of Macedonia, who ordered its construction. ... The Eastern Orthodox Church is a Christian body that views itself as: the historical continuation of the original Christian community established by Jesus Christ and the Twelve Apostles, having maintained unbroken the link between its clergy and the Apostles by means of Apostolic Succession. ... Monastir could be a city in the Republic of Macedonia now called Bitola Monastir, Italy - a village near Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, famous for fruit production. ... Sanjak and Sandjak (other variants: sinjaq, sanjaq) are the most common English transliterations of the Turkish word Sancak, which literally means banner. In Arabic the sanjaks were also called liwas. ... City motto : Битола, бабам Битола (Bitola, babam Bitola) Coordinates Municipality : Bitola municipality Elevation 576 m Population 95 385 Time zone  - Standard  - Summer (DST) CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) Founded Area code +389 047 Postal code 7000 Car plates BT Official Website www. ...

Ecclesiastical history

Its first known bishop was Zosimus (c. 344). In the sixth century it was destroyed by an earthquake (Procopius, Historia Arcana, xv), but was rebuilt by Emperor Justinian (527-565), who was born in the vicinity, and is said to have been called by him Justiniana Prima, i.e. the most important of the several new cities that bore his name. Duchesne (Les églises séparées, Paris, 1856, 240), however, says that this honour belongs to ancient Scupi (Skopje), another frontier town of Illyria. The new city was made the capital of the prefecture, or department, of Illyria, and for the sake of political convenience it was made also the ecclesiastical capital of the Illyrian or southern Danubian parts of the empire (southern Hungary, Bosnia, Serbia, Transylvania, Moldavia, Wallachia). Justinian was unable to obtain immediately for this step a satisfactory approbation from Pope Agapetus or Pope Silverius. The Emperor's act, besides being a usurpation of ecclesiastical authority, was a detriment to the ancient rights of Thessalonica as representative of the Apostolic See in the Illyrian regions. Nevertheless, the new diocese claimed, and obtained in fact, the privilege of autocephalia, or ecclesiastical independence, and through its long and chequered history retained, or struggled to retain, this character. Pope Vigilius, under pressure from Emperor Justinian, recognized the exercise of patriarchal rights by the Metropolitan of Justiniana Prima within the broad limits of its civil territory, but Gregory the Great treated him as no less subject than other Illyrian bishops to the Apostolic See (Duchesne, op. cit., 233-237). Procopius of Caesarea (in Greek Προκόπιος, c. ... Justinian I, depicted on a contemporary coin Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus or Justinian I (May 11, 483–November 13/14, 565), was Eastern Roman Emperor from AD August 1, 527 until his death. ... Modern Skopje Skopje (Macedonian: Скопје, Albanian Shkup, Latin Scupi; Turkish: Üsküb) is the capital city of the Republic of Macedonia. ... Pope Agapetus may refer to: Pope Agapetus I Pope Agapetus II This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Silverius, Pope (536 - 537), was a legitimate son of Pope Hormisdas, born before his father entered the priesthood. ... The White Tower The Arch of Galerius Map showing the Thessaloníki prefecture Thessaloníki (Θεσσαλονίκη) is the second-largest city of Greece and is the principal city and the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia. ... In hierarchical Christian churches, especially Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches, autocephaly is the status of a hierarchical church whose head bishop does not report to any higher-ranking bishop. ... Vigilius was Pope from 537 to 555. ... Justinian I, depicted on a contemporary coin Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Iustinianus or Justinian I (May 11, 483–November 13/14, 565), was Eastern Roman Emperor from AD August 1, 527 until his death. ... Justiniana Prima (Serbian: Caričin grad) was an Byzantine city located in today southern Serbia near todays Leskovac. ... Saint Gregory I, or Gregory the Great (called the Dialogist in Eastern Orthodoxy) (circa 540 - March 12, 604) was pope of the Catholic Church from September 3, 590 until his death. ...

The Annunciation from Ohrid, one of the most admired icons of the Paleologan Mannerism from the Church of St. Climent.

The inroads of the Avars and Slavs in the seventh century brought about the ruin of this ancient centre of religion and civilization, and for two centuries its metropolitan character was in abeyance. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (447x614, 378 KB)The icon of Annunciation from the Church of St Climent in Ochrid (first quarter of the 14th century). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (447x614, 378 KB)The icon of Annunciation from the Church of St Climent in Ochrid (first quarter of the 14th century). ... Look up icon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... It has been suggested that Ecclesia (Church) be merged into this article or section. ... Saint Clement of Ohrid Saint Clement of Ohrid (Bulgarian: , IPA: ) (ca. ... Map showing the location of Avar Khaganate, c. ...

But after the conversion of the new Bulgarian masters of Illyria (864) the see rose again to great prominence, this time under the name of Achrida (Achris). Though Byzantine missionaries were the first to preach the Christian faith in this region, the first archbishop was sent by Rome. It was thence also that the Bulgarians drew their first official instruction and counsel in matters of Christian faith and discipline, a monument of which may be seen in the Responsa ad Consulta Bulgarorum of Nicholas I (858-867), one of the most influential of medieval canonical documents (Mansi, xv, 401; Hefele, Concilieng., iv, 346 sq.). However, the Bulgarian King (Knyaz) Boris was soon won over by Byzantine influence. In the Eighth General Council held at Constantinople (869), Bulgaria was incorporated with the Byzantine patriarchate of Constantinople, and in 870 the Latin missionaries were expelled. Henceforth Byzantine metropolitans presided in Ohrid; it was made the political capital of the Samuil's empire and profited by the tenth-century conquests of its warlike rulers so that it became the Metropolitan of several Byzantine dioceses in the newly conquered territories in the wider Macedonia (region) region, Thessaly, and Thrace. Bulgaria fell unavoidably within the range of the Photian schism, and so, from the end of the ninth century, the diocese of Ohrid was lost to Western and papal influences. Nicholas I can be: Pope Nicholas I Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia and King of Poland Nicholas Mysticus, Patriarch Nicholas I of Constantinople This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan peninsula in southeastern Europe whose area was re-defined in the early 20th century. ... Map showing Thessaly periphery in Greece Thessaly (Θεσσαλια; modern Greek Thessalía; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is one of the 13 peripheries of Greece, and is further sub-divided into 4 prefectures. ... Thraciae veteris typvs. ... Photian schism is a term for the 9th-century-AD controversy between Eastern (Byzantine, later Orthodox) and Western (Latin, Roman Catholic) Christianity that was precipitated by the opposition of the Roman Pope John VII to the appointment by the Byzantine emperor Michael III of a lay scholar as Patriarch Photius...

The house of the wealthy Robevi family

The overthrow of the independent Samoil's empire in the early part of the eleventh century by Byzantine Emperor Basil I brought Ohrid into closer touch with Constantinople. At a later date some of the great Byzantine families (e.g. the Ducas and the Comneni) claimed descent from the Emperors, or Cars, of Bulgaria. In 1053 the Metropolitan Leo of Ohrid signed with Michael Caerularius the latter's circular letter to John of Trani (Apulia in Italy) against the Latin Church. Theophylactus of Ohrid (1078) was one of the most famous of the medieval Greek exegetes; in his correspondence (Ep., 27) he maintains the traditional independence of the Diocese of Ohrid. The Bishop of Constantinople, he says, has no right of ordination in Bulgaria, whose bishop is independent. In reality Ohrid was during this period seldom in communion with either Constantinople or Rome. Towards the latter see, however, its sentiments were less than friendly, for in the fourteenth century we find the metropolitan Anthimus of Ohrid writing against the procession of the Holy Spirit from the Father and the Son. Yet Latin missionaries appear in Ohrid in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, mostly Franciscan monks, to whom the preservation of the Roman obedience in these regions is largely owing. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 382 KB) [edit] Summary The house of the Robevi family in Ohrid [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Ohrid Metadata This file contains additional... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 382 KB) [edit] Summary The house of the Robevi family in Ohrid [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Ohrid Metadata This file contains additional... It has been suggested that Eastern Roman Empire be merged into this article or section. ... Basil, his son Constantine, and his second wife, emperess Eudoxia Ingerina. ...

The Latin bishops of Ohrid in the seventeenth century are probably, like those of our of own time, titular bishops. The ecclesiastical independence of Ohrid seeming in modern times to leave an opening for Roman Catholic influence in Bulgaria, Arsenius, the Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople, had it finally abolished in 1767 by an order of the Ottoman Sultan Mustapha III. At the height of its authority, Ohrid could count as subject to its authority ten metropolitan and six episcopal dioceses. Mustafa III (Arabic: مصطفى الثالث) (January 28, 1717 – January 21, 1774) was the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774. ...

Buildings and museums (selection)

There is a legend supported by observations by Ottoman traveller from 15th century, Evlia Celebia that there were 365 chapels within the town boundaries, one for every day of the year. Today this number is significantly smaller. However during the medieval times, Ohrid was called Slavic Jerusalem.

• Church of St. Sophia
• Church of St. Panteleimon (Plaoshnik)
• Church of St. John at Kaneo
• Church of St. Clement
• Church of St. George
• Church of St. Zaum
• Church of St. Naum
• Church of St. Petka
• Church of St. Stephan
• Vestiges of basilicas from the early-Christian time, e.g. Basilica of St. Erasmus (4th century)
• Tsar Samuil's fortress (10th/11th century)
• Museum of Slavic writing culture (18th century)
• Antique Theatre

Note: Besides being a holy center of the region, it is also the source of knowledge and pan-Slavic literacy. The restored church at Plaoshnik, previously destroyed by the Ottoman army, was actually one of the oldest Universities in the western world, dating before the 10-th century. The Church of St. ... Saint Panteleimon (Macedonian: , Latinic: Sveti Pantelejmon) is a monestary in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia situated on Plaošnik. ... Church of St. ... St. ...

There is a nearby airport, Ohrid Airport (now known as Apostle Paul Airport) that is open all year round. Ohrid Airport (IATA: OHD, ICAO: LWOH) (Аеродром Охрид or Aerodrom Ohrid) is an airport in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia. ...

Recurring events

• Ohrid Summer Festival, annual theater and music festival from July to August
• The Balkan Festival of Folk Songs and Dances, annual folklore music and dance festival in the beginning of July
• Balkan music square festival, music festival in August in which ethno musicians from the whole Balkan peninsular participate

Sister cities

• Piran; Slovenia
• Podolsk; Russia
• Wollongong; Australia
• Budva; Montenegro
• Katwijk; Netherlands
• Vinkovci; Croatia
• Plovdiv; Bulgaria
• Dalian; China
• Windsor; Canada
• Pogradec; Albania
• Kragujevac, Serbia
• Zemun, Serbia

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Places in the Ohrid district

• Konjsko
• Elšani
• Ljubaništa
• Peštani
• Sveti Naum
• Trpejca
• Velestovo
• Dolno Lakočerej
• Leskoec
• Velgošti

Elšani (pronounced Elshani) is a village in the Republic of Macedonia, located approximately 10 km south of the City of Ohrid. ... Peštani (Пештани) is a village in the Republic of Macedonia, located 12km south of the city of Ohrid. ... Exterior of Sveti Naum church Sveti Naum (Macedonian: Свети Наум, English: St Naum) is a monastery in the Republic of Macedonia. ... Trpejca (pronunciation: turpejtsa) is a small village along the shores of the Ohrid Lake in the Republic of Macedonia. ...

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A view of the fortress of Tsar Samuil from the lake Image File history File linksMetadata Ohrid1. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...	The church of St. John at Kaneo high above the lake Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1200x800, 856 KB) Summary Description: The Church of St. ... Church of St. ...	Church of St. John at Kaneo Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2304 × 1728 pixel, file size: 1. ...	Church of St. Panteleimon Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 571 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Saint Panteleimon (Macedonian: , Latinic: Sveti Pantelejmon) is a monestary in Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia situated on Plaošnik. ...
Lake Ohrid Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 743 KB) Ohrid, a very beautiful town situated on the Ohrid lake. ... Lake Ohrid (Macedonian: Охридско Езеро, Ohridsko Ezero Albanian: Liqeni i Ohrit) straddles the mountainous border between the southwestern region of the Republic of Macedonia and eastern Albania. ...	Ohrid Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 428 KB) Ohrid, a very beautiful town situated on the Ohrid lake. ...	Samuil's Fortress Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 366 KB) Ohrid, a very beautiful town situated on the Ohrid lake. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...	Samuil's Fortress Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 440 KB) Ohrid, a very beautiful town situated on the Ohrid lake. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Ohrid Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1024x768, 310 KB) Ohrid, a very beautiful town situated on the Ohrid lake. ...

Sources and External links

• This article incorporates text from the public-domain Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913.
• Ohrid travel guide from Wikitravel
• Ohrid including information in English
• Travel Macedonia - Macedonian Travel Guide
• Municipality of Ohrid
• Ohrid Summer Festival
• Macedonia Tourism Portal
• Ohrid Photo Gallery
• Profesional mountain guide

Cities and Towns in the Republic of Macedonia
Berovo | Bitola | Bogdanci | Debar | Delčevo | Demir Kapija | Demir Hisar | Gevgelija | Gostivar | Kavadarci | Kičevo | Kočani | Kratovo | Kriva Palanka | Kruševo | Kumanovo | Makedonski Brod | Makedonska Kamenica | Negotino | Ohrid | Pehčevo | Prilep | Probištip | Radoviš | Resen | Štip | Skopje | Struga | Strumica | Sveti Nikole | Tetovo | Valandovo | Veles | Vinica

The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language encyclopedia published in 1913 by The Encyclopedia Press. ... Wikitravel is a project to create an open content, complete, up-to-date, and reliable world-wide travel guide. ... For an explanation of terms related to Macedonia, see Macedonia (terminology). ... Image File history File links Flag-map_of_FYR_Macedonia. ... Berovo is a small city near the MaleÅ¡evo mountains, 161 km far away from Skopje, 47 km from Strumica and 52km from Kočani, in the Republic of Macedonia. ... City motto : Битола, бабам Битола (Bitola, babam Bitola) Coordinates Municipality : Bitola municipality Elevation 576 m Population 95 385 Time zone  - Standard  - Summer (DST) CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) Founded Area code +389 047 Postal code 7000 Car plates BT Official Website www. ... Bogdanci is a town in the southeastern Republic of Macedonia, close to the border with Greece. ... Debar on the map of Republic of Macedonia Debar (Cyrillic: Дебар) is a city in the western part of the Republic of Macedonia, near the border with Albania, on the road from the city of Struga to the city of Gostivar. ... City motto : Coordinates Municipality : Delčevo municipality Elevation m Population 10 454 Time zone  - Standard  - Summer (DST) CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) Founded Area code +389 033 Postal code 2320 Car plates Å T Official Website www. ... Demir Kapija (4,815 inhabitants) is a town located near the Gates of the same name. ... Community of Demir Hisar Coat of arms Demir Hisar or in translation it is known as Zeleznec, is an area that’s spreading on the South West part of Republic of Macedonia or North West from the Pelagonian low lands, around the river flow of the river Crna with her... Gevgelija on the map of Republic of Macedonia Coat of arms of Gevgelija Gevgelija (Macedonian: Гевгелија, Greek: Γευγελή, Yevyelí) is a town with a population of 20,362 located in the very southeast of the Republic of Macedonia along the banks of the Vardar River, situated at the countrys main border... Gostivar-view on the city center Gostivar (Macedonian: Гостивар; Albanian: Gostivari) is city in the Republic of Macedonia, located in the upper Polog region. ... City motto : Coordinates Municipality : Kavadarci municipality Elevation 150 m Population 38 934 Time zone  - Standard  - Summer (DST) CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) Founded Area code +389 043 Postal code 1430 Car plates VE Official Website www. ... KI or ki can refer to: The Japanese word ki 気, from Chinese Qi, the originally Chinese cultural concept meaning life force or spiritual energy. See main article: Qi The Kikuyu language (ISO 639 alpha-2, ki) Kiribati (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, KI) The chemical compound potassium... Category: ... Kratovo is a small picturesque town in the Republic of Macedonia. ... The municipality of Kriva Palanka is located in the northeastern part of the Republic of Macedonia. ... KruÅ¡evo (Aromanian: Crushuva;Macedonian/Bulgarian: Крушево; Greek: Κρούσοβο, Krusovo) is a town in Republic of Macedonia. ... City motto : Coordinates Municipality : Kumanovo municipality Elevation 340 m Population 105 484 Time zone  - Standard  - Summer (DST) CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) Founded Area code +389 031 Postal code 1300 Car plates KU Official Website www. ... Devina tower in Makedonski Brod Makedonski brod is a city in central part of the country, on the south-eastern part of Suva Gora, western Karadzica and south-western Dautica mountains. ... Makedonska Kamenica or Македонска Каменица is a town in north-eastern Macedonia. ... City motto : Coordinates Municipality : Negotino municipality Elevation 150 m Population 13. ... Pehčevo is a small town and municipality situated in the east of The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. ... City motto : Coordinates Municipality : Prilep municipality Elevation 620 – 650 m Population 76 768 Time zone  - Standard  - Summer (DST) CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) Founded Area code +389 048 Postal code 7500 Car plates PP Official Website www. ... City motto : Coordinates Municipality : ProbiÅ¡tip municipality Elevation m Population 10 826 Time zone  - Standard  - Summer (DST) CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) Founded Area code +389 032 Postal code 2210 Car plates Å T Official Website www. ... Centre of Radovish RadoviÅ¡ (Macedonian: Радовиш) is positioned in the southeastern part of the Republic of Macedonia. ... Resen is a city in Republic of Macedonia. ... City motto : Coordinates Municipality : Å tip municipality Elevation m Population 46 732 Time zone  - Standard  - Summer (DST) CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) Founded Area code +389 032 Postal code 2000 Car plates Å T Official Website www. ... The church of St. ... 69. ... Strumica (Macedonian/Bulgarian: Струмица, Greek: Στρώμνιτσα Stromnitsa, Turkish: Usturumca) is a city of about 55,000 people in southeastern Republic of Macedonia. ... Sveti Nikole (literally means Saint Nicholas) is the center of a plain called Ovche Pole (Plain of sheep), famous for sheep farming, lamb meat, and dairy products of all kinds. ... City motto : Coordinates Municipality : Tetovo municipality Elevation 486 m Population 80 841 Time zone  - Standard  - Summer (DST) CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) Founded Area code +389 044 Postal code 1200 Car plates TE Official Website tetovo. ... Valandovo is a town in the southeastern Republic of Macedonia. ... Veles is a city in the center of the Republic of Macedonia on the Vardar river. ... City motto : Coordinates Municipality : Vinica municipality Elevation m Population 14 200 Time zone  - Standard  - Summer (DST) CET (UTC+1) CEST (UTC+2) Founded Area code +389 033 Postal code 2310 Car plates Å T Official Website www. ...

Historical Capitals of Bulgaria

Pliska (681-893) | Preslav (893-972) | Skopje (972-992) | Ohrid (992-1018) | Veliko Tarnovo (1185-1393, 1878-1879) | Sofia (since 1879)

Coordinates: 41°07′01.31″N, 20°48′06.14″E Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The history of Bulgaria as a separate country began in the 7th century with the arrival of the Bulgars and the foundation of the First Bulgarian Empire together with the local seven Slavic tribes, a union recognized by Byzantium in 681. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bulgaria. ... Pliska (Bulgarian. ... Preslav ( Bulgarian: Преслав) was capital of the First Bulgarian Empire from 893 to 972. ... The church of St. ... Veliko Tarnovo (Bulgarian: Велико Търново; also transliterated as Veliko Turnovo) is a city in central northern Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province. ... Position of Sofia in Bulgaria Coordinates: Country Bulgaria Province Sofia-City Government  - Mayor Boyko Borisov Area  - City 1,349 km²  (520. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...