Jun06
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The National Park Galicica is situated on Mount Galicica, that is a part of the mountain range of Sara-Pind. The National Park Galicica, situated in the furthest south-eastern part of the Republic of Macedonia, is characteristic for its positioning between the two lakes – Ohrid and Prespa Lake. Galicica National Park encloses area of 25 000 ha.
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Apr02
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The Monastery is situated along Lake Ohrid, 29 km south of the city of Ohrid. St. Nahum of Ohrid was the yongest student of St. Cyril and St. Methodius and preached Christianity and helped people in the town of Devol, Republic of Macedonia. The Orthodox Christians believed that his relics were healing. It is not known at what time the monastery took his name but probably in the Middle Ages.
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Feb24
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The Bigorski monastery is a Bulgarian Orthodox monastery in the western part of Macedonia in the valley of the radika River between the towns of Debar and Gostivar. The monastery is famous for its elegant wooden iconostasis and it amazing icons and mural paintings.
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Feb04
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The monastery of St. Joachim Osogovski, set amongst verdant green woods near the northeastern town of Kriva Palanka. The nowadays monastery has two churches – the old one, Holy Mother of God, and the new one, St. Joachim Ossogovski. In the summer it has been used for an architecture summer school – at any time travelers can stay here and enjoy the peace and the beauty.
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Jan19
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The monastery of St. Naum is located on the southeast side of Lake Ohrid, in the immediate vicinity of the Macedonian-Albanian border. The original Naum’s church was dedicated to the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel. Archaeological excavations and surveys of Naum’s monastery revealed that the present church was built on the foundations of the original church in the period between the XVI and XVII centuries.
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Jun25
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Lake Ohrid is the largest of Macedonia’s three tectonic lakes, and the second largest in the Balkan Peninsula. The lake straddles the mountainous border between the southwestern region of the
Republic of Macedonia and eastern
Albania. It lies at an altitude of 693m, with a total area of 349 sq. km and it entails a water temperature of around 24°C in summer. Lake Ohrid is the deepest on the Balkan Peninsula with a depth of 289 meters.
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