Skopje - Macedonian Capital

**EmperorTheSun** · 10-09-2020, 06:08 PM

Basic information about Skopje

The capital of Macedonia is the city of Skopje. It is also the largest city in the country and is also an administrative-political, economic, cultural and educational-scientific center. It is located in the northern part of the country, divided into two parts along the river Vardar. The city during its existence, depending on the historical circumstances, was named with different names, and its ancient name is Skupi.

General data about the city of Skopje

It is a city in the central part of the Balkan Peninsula. Easily communicates with the Mediterranean area to the south and the area of Central and Northern Europe to the north. It is connected to the Adriatic Sea through the Kachanica Gorge. To the east, through Kumanovo and Kriva Palanka, it connects with the Republic of Bulgaria, to the west, it connects with Polog, the Kichevo Valley, the Ohrid-Prespa region and the Republic of Albania.
Skopje dates back to before the ancient period. This city had a strategic importance in the ancient period, when it was known as Skupi. Excavations from the ancient city of Skupi are located in the locality of Zajcev Rid above the confluence of the river Lepenec in Vardar, near today's village Zlokukjani. Skupi was the capital of the then Dardania.

The history of the city of Skopje

In Byzantine documents, the city is called Skopje, and the Slavs also referred to it as Skopje, Skopje or Skopje. During the reign of Tsar Samuel, the city fell under Samuel's Kingdom, while in the later period under the rule of Byzantium, Bulgaria and Serbia. In 1392, the city was captured by the Ottomans and renamed скуsküp.

In 1962, due to heavy rains, the river Vardar flooded Skopje. The flood was a harbinger of the biggest earthquake the city has ever experienced. At 5:17 a.m. on July 26, 1963, the city was devastated by a magnitude 9 earthquake (6.1 on the Richter scale). The quake killed 1,070 people, destroyed 90% of the city's buildings and left more than 20,000 homeless. After the earthquake, the city began to be modeled on the projects of Kenzo Tange and Adolf Ciborovski. The old railway station is today a museum of the city of Skopje and a symbol of the great earthquake. The station clock is permanently stopped at the fatal 5:17 p.m.

Today, Skopje is considered a city of solidarity due to the fact that it was with solidarity that the city managed to be rebuilt. First aid for the citizens arrived from all the then Yugoslav republics, and a few days after the earthquake, aid and rescue teams from all over the world arrived. Exactly 87 nations around the world sent aid and helped rebuild it.

Geographical features

Skopje is located at 21 ° 26 'longitude and 42 ° north latitude. The altitude in the center of the city is 240 m, it covers 1,818 km2, 9 km wide and 23 km long. The climate of the city is characterized by an average annual temperature of about 12.4 ° C. Summers are long, dry and hot, and winters are cold, with many foggy days. The river Vardar flows through the Skopje valley with its tributaries: Treska, Pchinja, Markova Reka, Lepenec and Kadina Reka. The Skopje valley is surrounded by the mountains: Vodno, Karadzica, Osoj, Zeden and Skopska Crna Gora.

Main features of Skopje

Places of interest for tourist sightseeing are: The stone bridge on the river Vardar is a symbol of Skopje. It was rebuilt in the 15th century and is a link between the new and the old part. Kale Fortress - The first walls were built at the beginning of the VI century. The fortress dominates over the left bank of the river Vardar overlooking the old part of town.

Calais - Fortress of Justinian I.

It is believed that the area of the fortress Kale, known as Skopsko Kale, was inhabited since the Neolithic and the early bronze burden, as evidenced by numerous archaeological findings. The fortress itself dates back to the time of Emperor Justinian I (535). Due to its strategic position and role, the fortress has often been attacked and used by various invaders throughout history. After the fall of Samuel's kingdom (1018), the city was occupied by the rebels of Peter Deljan (1014-1041). He was then attacked by the Kumans, Scythians, Pechenegs and others. Various archeological remains have been found on the Kale. Today, the Skopje fortress Kale is one of the most striking buildings in Skopje, with the presence of a number of different cultural and tourist motives.

Kamen Most as a symbol of Skopje from the V century

The Stone Bridge on the river Vardar was built in the first half of the XV century. The bridge connects the old with the new part of the city. Side walkways were built in 1905, and in the last decade of the twentieth century it was completely rebuilt. On the left side of the river, on the bridge, there is a memorial plaque to the citizens of Skopje shot in 1944 during the fascist occupation.

In its original form, the bridge had 13 arches, with a total length of 215 meters and a width of six meters. In order to restore the original appearance of the Stone Bridge, new interventions have been started since 1992, thus obtaining the original width of the bridge.

Church of St. Spas in Skopje

The Orthodox Church "St. Spas ", in the old part of the city was built in the XIX century. The iconostasis contains beautiful wooden carvings, carved by the Mijak carvers Petre and Marko Filipovski and Makarie Frckovski. In the yard of the church is the tomb of the greatest Macedonian revolutionary of the XX century - Goce Delchev, and next to it is the Old Turkish Bazaar, where there are old crafts, Bezisten, Chivte-amam and other important buildings.

Porta Macedonia

It was built in 2011 and was put into use on Christmas 2012. The building has dimensions of 20 by 10 meters and a height of 21 meters. The facade is decorated with 32 deep carved reliefs, with a total area of 193 m2.

The reliefs show scenes from prehistory, through the pile settlement in the Bay of Bones, from antiquity with Philip II and Alexander III of Macedon, from the Roman period with Justinian I, from the Middle Ages with Tsar Samuel, King Mark and Karposh, to the XX century with Ilinden, ASNOM, The Exodus from Aegean Macedonia and September 8, 1991 - the declaration of independent Macedonia.

The building also has reliefs of the monastery of St. Jovan Bigorski, an Ohrid house is presented, the Daut Pasha bath, the Bridge of Poetry in Struga. Inside there is a souvenir shop and a gallery space on two levels, and at the top an observation platform.

Warrior on horseback

The monument is a composition of several elements. The bronze monument to Alexander is 14.5 meters high and weighs 30 tons. In the middle of the ten meter high pillar is placed the warrior Alexander II of Macedon, known as Alexander the Great, overlooking the sunrise. On that pedestal there are three rings with mounted plates, on which are presented three battles. Among them are three bronze rings, with decoration and ornamental reliefs. Around the pillar is a fountain, complete with eight bronze soldiers three meters high and eight lions two and a half meters high, four of which face the fountain. The monument is the work of Valentina Karanfilova - Stefanova.

Macedonia Square in the city of Skopje

Macedonia Square in Skopje was more fully formed in the period between the two world wars, more precisely from 1920 to 1940. It is located in the context of the Stone Bridge, as a basic connection of the city units on the left and right side of Vardar. Important buildings were located around it: the National Bank, the Post Office, the Officers' Home, the Na-Ma Department Store, the Macedonia Hotel, the Ristic Palace. But after World War II, and especially after the catastrophic earthquake of 1963, some of the buildings collapsed, so that today the square in Skopje has a slightly different layout, but still next to it or in its immediate vicinity are important administrative-cultural, cultural, commercial, banking, catering-tourist and other facilities. In its immediate vicinity is the Pella Square with the Macedonia Gate, as a real gate to enter the square.

Monuments in the central city area of Skopje

In the period from 2010 to 2012, Macedonia Square was enriched with several monuments of famous Macedonian revolutionaries, from the time of Ilinden 1903 and ASNOM 1944. The monuments of the Macedonian revolutionaries Goce Delchev and Dame Gruev rise right next to the Stone Bridge. Opposite them is the monument of the first President of the Presidium of the National Assembly of the People's Republic of Macedonia, Metodija Andonov - Cento. Opposite, and next to the grand Warrior on horseback, a five-meter marble statue of Tsar Samuel rises, placed on a pedestal 3.5 meters high. The monument of Dimitrija Cupovski is placed on the square, and in the park "Woman Fighter" opposite the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia, a memorial is erected - a landmark of the First Session of ASNOM.

On the quay of Vardar, there is a monument of Justinian I, five meters high, placed on a pedestal of 3.5 meters. Opposite it are placed the figures of the Gemidzii, made of bronze. Near the Stone Bridge, on the side of the Old Bazaar, there are bronze monuments to the idiot Duke Petar Karposh and Gjorgjija Pulevski, as well as to St. Cyril and Methodius and St. Clement and Nahum of Ohrid.

Memorial - Mother Teresa's house

The memorial house and the monument of Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997) are located on Makedonija Street, in the center of the city of Skopje. It is dedicated to the great humanist Agnesa Gonxha Bojaxhiu - Mother Teresa, born in Skopje, winner of the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. Today, Mother Teresa has over 3,000 sisters and over 500 brothers in many lands around the world.

Mother Teresa was declared an honorary citizen of her hometown of Skopje, who visited her four times since her departure on a humanitarian mission to help the hungry and lonely: in 1970, 1978, 1980 and 1986.

Cathedral Church of St. Clement of Ohrid

The Cathedral Church of St. Kliment Ohridski is an object from the recent history of the Macedonian church construction. Its construction takes place in the seventies and eighties of the XX century. It was consecrated in 1990. It is the seat of the Macedonian Orthodox Church - Ohrid Archbishopric. It is located in the center of Skopje.

Old Bazaar

In Skopje, on the left side of Vardar, across the Stone Bridge is the Old Skopje Bazaar. It is part of the city with a diverse and rich history, tradition, culture and architecture, today with a connection made between the old and the new, economy and trade, culture and tradition. In the spirit of historical time and development, the culture of organization and tradition of living, in the Old Skopje Bazaar are preserved numerous functional buildings from the Ottoman period, and new buildings have been built as a feature of modern times. It is about the Skopje bezisten, Kapan an, Suli an, Kurshumli an, Daut - the pasha bath, Cifte amam, the church of St. Spas, the church of St. Dimitrij, the complex of museums of Macedonia (historical, archeological, ethnological museum).

The Old Skopje Bazaar, which dates from the XII century, and was most actively developed from the XV to the XIX century, is a complex economic-commercial, architectural and cultural-traditional structure. It is built in oriental style, with several wider and more narrow and cobbled streets. Next to them, glued to each other, various craft and trade shops are lined up. Here you can find various traditional crafts, blacksmiths, goldsmiths, potters, shoemakers, seamstresses, watchmakers, tinsmiths, potters, saddlers with various production and service activities. There are also various shops for modern industrial goods and products that can be found only here. The Old Bazaar has been upgraded with the largest green market in Skopje. The Bazaar is the center of the most attractive catering shops with a variety of traditional dishes.

Daut - Pasha Amam, an impressive monument of Islamic architecture and art gallery

Daut - Pasha bath is a bath built during the XV century by the Grand Vizier of Rumelia. It was probably built by masters from the famous Debar masonry school. Built in the center of Skopje, a hundred meters from the Stone Bridge, the hammam was thoroughly restored in 1948. The most striking part is the roof, consisting of 13 unevenly distributed domes. Inside there are 15 rooms, different in size, interconnected by arched passages decorated with oriental ornaments. Besides Cifte Amam and Mala Stanica, today it is part of the National Gallery of Macedonia. Daut - the Pasha bath has a collection from the XV and XVI century, with a rich collection of paintings from the XVIII and XIX century, as well as contemporary Macedonian painting.

Kurshumli an is a recognizable historical heritage of Skopje

It is assumed that Kurshumli an (lead an) was built in the middle of the XVI century. It consisted of two parts - one to house traders and goods, and the other to be the barn, utility rooms and service rooms. For a long time it served as a gathering place for traders and their caravans and played an important role in the development of trade life in the city. He kept the role of overnight until the end of the XIX century, and then he was turned into a prison. It is believed that it got its name during the XIX century, because of the roof that was made of lead. The semicircular walls on the second floor and the fountain in the middle of the inn impress. Today in the inn is the lapidarium of the Archaeological Museum, located in the cells on the ground floor. Each cell contains monuments that originate from the same area and from the same period, when Macedonia was a Roman province.

Today, the city lodge Suli An is a gallery and museum in Skopje

Suli an is a 15th century building built by Ishak Bey. It was upgraded in the 16th century so that the upper floors were shops. It was severely damaged during the quake, but has been restored to its original appearance. Today it is the seat of the Gallery of Contemporary Art and the Faculty of Fine Arts, and since 1983 the Museum of the Old Skopje Bazaar has been located there.

Mustafa - Pasha Mosque, one of the most magnificent buildings from the Ottoman period in Skopje

Mustafa - the Pasha Mosque was built by the Skopje commander Mustafa Pasha in 1492. It is located opposite the entrance to the Skopje fortress. The mosque is basically a square architectural pedestal, built of marble blocks decorated with various ornaments. The minaret is built of limestone blocks. In this mosque, there is the richly decorated sarcophagus of Uma - the daughter of the builder of the mosque, then the fountain, the remains of the former imams, the madrasa and more. Today it is an important cultural monument and a place for spiritual confession of members of the Muslim faith.

The Clock Tower is the first tower in the Ottoman Empire

The clock tower in the Old Skopje Bazaar dates from the middle of the 16th century, more precisely from the period from 1566 to 1572. It is considered the first clock tower in the Ottoman Empire, as part of the Sultan - Murat Mosque. It is 40 meters high and consists of several parts that end in a dome. The clock was lost during the Skopje earthquake in 1963, when the tower was severely damaged. Today it attracts noticeable attention with its strikingness.

St. Spas is one of the most beautiful Mijak woodcarving works in the city of Skopje

The Church of St. Spas was built at the end of the XVII century and is one of the most important cultural monuments in Skopje. It is located to the right of the fortress of Kale. It seems small and insignificant, but of great importance. Of particular value is the iconostasis, which has been in operation for five years and was completed in 1824. It was made by the brothers Petre and Marko Filipovski from the village of Gari and Makarie Frckovski from Galichnik. Although relatively modest in size, the iconostasis impresses with its mastery of performance, high artistic quality and rich content, which puts it among the top achievements of woodcarving. As a cultural monument protected by law, worship and religious rites are performed in the church only for the patron saint's day Spasovden.

Museum of Macedonia in Skopje

It is located in the Old Bazaar, under the Skopje Fortress. The first Archaeological Museum in Macedonia was established in 1924, and in 1945 the National Museum of Macedonia was established. In 1949 the special departments in the National Museum were transformed into the Archaeological Museum and the Ethnological Museum. The beginnings of the History Department date back to 1952. Today's museum complex was built in 1976. On an area of over 10,000 m2, in one place can be seen systematized collections of cultural and historical heritage of Macedonia from prehistory to today.

Museum of the City of Skopje - from the Neolithic until today

The museum is located in the adapted part of the Old Railway Station, destroyed in the 1963 earthquake. The relatively preserved part of the building today is in function of the museum, which has a space of 4,500 m2, of which 2,000 m2 is exhibited space. The museum has a fund of about 22,000 museum objects from the Skopje region, arranged in sections for archeology, history, ethnology and art history. "Walk through the past" is a permanent exhibition in the museum, which covers the period from prehistory to the beginning of the XX century for Skopje and its surroundings.

Museum of the Macedonian Struggle in Skopje

It is located next to the Stone Bridge, on the left bank of the Vardar. It was built in the period from 2008 to 2011, and was officially opened on September 8, 2011. It consists of 13 sections, in which the history of the Macedonian people is presented chronologically, from the time of the aide to the period of socialism. At the very entrance to the Museum is the exhibition of the original of the Declaration of Independence of Macedonia. The museum contains 109 wax figures of figures from Macedonian history, a large number of samples of original weapons and furniture, mass scenes, documents.

Holocaust Memorial Center for the Jews of Macedonia In Skopje

The Holocaust Museum is a newly built site on the site of a former Jewish quarter near the Stone Bridge, as one of four such museums in the world, next to museums in Jerusalem, Washington and Berlin. It is dedicated to the Macedonian Jews (7,148 people) deported to the Treblinka death camp in Poland during World War II. It houses a permanent exhibition of Jewish life in Macedonia and the wider Balkans.

Museum of Contemporary Art in Skopje

The Museum of Contemporary Art is located on the Skopje Fortress. It was built in 1970, as a donation from the Polish government, after the 1963 earthquake in Skopje. It covers an area of 5,000 m2 in three interconnected wings. They include the permanent exhibition space, occasional exhibition halls, lecture hall, film and video projections, library and archive, conservation workshop, depots, administration and other ancillary services. It has a valuable international collection and gives a representative insight into the Macedonian contemporary art.

Vodno

Vodno is a mountain locality that rises above Skopje to 1,061 meters above sea level. There is the Millennium Cross, the monastery complex of St. Panteleimon, and Vodno also has a park - forest, mountain lodges, several catering facilities, with arranged hiking trails, car parks and wide panoramic views. From Vodno you can see almost the entire Skopje Valley and the city of Skopje. Therefore, Vodno is one of the most visited sites in the vicinity of the city.

In June 2011, the cable car from Sredno Vodno to the Millennium Cross was put into operation, whose route is 1,750 meters long and climbs from 570 to 1,068 meters above sea level. The cable car has 28 cabins with a capacity of 640 kg and a capacity for eight people, as well as two cabins for four people. The gondolas on the outside are equipped with bicycle racks.

Millennium Cross in Skopje

With a height of 66 meters, this is the tallest building in Macedonia. The Millennium Cross was built in 2000 on the top of Krstovar (1,061 meters above sea level) on Vodno, near Skopje, on the occasion of the transition from the second to the third millennium.

Monastery of St. Panteleimon, Gorno Nerezi (XII century)

This monastery has the most significant fresco-painting value in Macedonia and one of the most valuable works of European church painting. The renaissance in fresco painting begins in this monastery, almost a century and a half before the advent of the Giotto Renaissance in Italy. The monastery was built in 1164, during the Byzantine dynasty Komnenos. This is written on the marble slab, placed above the front door. The best masters and painters of their time did their best work. It is built of stone and brick, in the form of an inscribed cross in a rectangular space and five domes.

The monastery survived fire, earthquake, destruction and robbery, but remained a witness to the rich church and cultural life in the XII century and the church metropolitan center in Skopje. This monastery is part of all important encyclopedic publications on culture and art in the world. The frescoes from the XII century represent the holy warriors and hermits (first zone), the great feasts (second zone), and the most important are the frescoes The Lamentation of Christ and the Descent from the Cross. The compositions of the Assumption of the Mother of God, the Assumption, the Mother of God with Christ and Saint Panteleimon are also wonderful.

Matka

It is the valley of the butterflies, it is a very characteristic locality in the immediate vicinity of Skopje. It is located northwest of the city, at the exit of the river Treska from the long шеiвскаevska Gorge. Matka is a deep canyon complex, in which the first artificial reservoir on the Balkan Peninsula was built in 1938. There are several caves, alpine training center, orderly course of Treska for kayaking on wild waters, complex of several monasteries, mountain lodge, restaurants, restaurants, picturesque nature with rich flora and fauna. The accumulation itself covers an area of 0.25 km2. It is 5.9 km long, with a useful volume of 2.6 million m3. It is intended for production of electricity in Skopje.

Monastery of St. Andrej, Matka (1389)

It was built on the canyon of the river Treska. It was built by Andrea, the second son of King Volkashin, in 1389. It has the shape of an elongated triconch, with a central vaulted dome. The fresco painters of the monastery are Metropolitan John and monk Gregory, who also worked in the monastery of the Holy Transfiguration in Zrze.
The frescoes in St. Andrej is a novelty in the Macedonian medieval painting and a seal of the new style at that time, with the emergence of hesychasm in monasticism. Frescoes of the holy warriors George, Demetrius, Theodore Tyrone and Theodore Stratilat are presented in three zones, as well as frescoes with scenes from the life of the Lord Jesus Christ. The inscriptions are written in Greek and Church Slavonic script.

Neolithic village Tumba Madzari

The site is located in the current settlement of Cento and is the most important settlement in the Skopje Valley from the Neolithic - young Stone Age. Life here took place continuously between 6000 and 4300 BC, economic prosperity and cultural prosperity in the Middle Neolithic (5800 - 5200 BC). A large number of ceramic finds were found, exhibited in the Museum of Macedonia.

From 2008 to 2010, several houses were built in the spirit of Neolithic architecture, displaying various inventory, in order to reconstruct the life of Neolithic man. The houses are made of wood, reeds, straw, covered with mud and built according to Neolithic traditions. The layout of the discovered objects on the site indicates a well-thought-out organization, closely related to the meaning and role of the sanctuary.

Grandmother - goddess of fertility

A terracotta representation of the Great Mother was unveiled in Tumba Madzari for the first time, presented in a hitherto unknown way among the Neolithic cultures from other Balkan areas. The impressive dimensions of 39 cm in height, the classic calm posture of the vigil over the fireplace, make this terracotta exclusive. The lower part of the figure represents the home protected by it. The Macedonian Neolithic is characterized by a cult of the Great Mother. This type of figure is found in almost all Neolithic sites in Macedonia, but perhaps the most beautiful is the Great Mother of Tumba Madzari.

Skupi - A city from Roman and late ancient times

Archaeological site, located five kilometers northwest of Skopje, near the village of Zlokukjani. Archaeological excavations from 1966 until today are performed by the Museum of the City of Skopje. So far, the walls, the theater, the civil basilica, the city villa, the city bath, the Cardo street, the Christian basilica, as well as parts of the eastern and western necropolis have been explored.

Овој римски град се оформил веројатно во периодот од XII до XI век п.н.е. Во текот на II век Скупи добил репрезентативен лик, при што централно место заземал монументалниот театар. Во 518 година Скупи настрадал во катастрофален земјотрес, по што престанува неговото урбано живеење, иако постојат индиции дека животот во форма на мала словенска рурална населба продолжил до X и XI век.

Aqueduct In Skopje

It is located two kilometers north of Skopje. It was built of stone and brick and today has 55 arches leaning on massive pillars. Although it was associated with Skupi, due to the similarity of its construction to Kurshumli an, it is believed to have been built in the 15th century, when the city began to grow with new Islamic buildings, the construction and operation of which required large quantities of clean water. The amount of water was constant and with a guaranteed supply throughout the year.

Katlanovska Banja

The Banja is located about 25 km from Skopje, near Katlanovo, on the right bank of the river Pchinja, at 230 meters above sea level. There are several sources. The main source has a saving of 15 l / sec. The water temperature is around 50 C. According to the chemical composition, the waters are alkaline, earth-alkaline and sulfur hyperthermal. They are suitable for the treatment of the liver-bile system, respiratory system, metabolism, red gastrointestinal tract, heart blood disease and the like. The spa complex is equipped with tourist-catering and health facilities, with characteristics for combined types of tourism: medical, recreational, sports, fishing, hunting.

Markov Monastery - St. Dimitrij, s. Sushica (XIV century)

About 20 km from Skopje, near the Markova River near the village of Sushica, is the Marko Monastery, named after the founders - King Vukashin and his son Marko. The data for the construction of the monastery church (1345) and for the founders of the monastery, gives the inscription of the southernmost entrance, inside the church. The church is in the form of an inscribed cross, built of stone and brick. The frescoes are from the 14th century. These are rich illustrations by the Akathist of the Mother of God, the miracles of Christ, the great feasts and several individual figures of saints, angels, prophets, hermits and warriors. The most famous fresco from this monastery is the Lamentation of Rachel, which depicts the difficult human drama through the murder of children in Bethlehem.

The monastery has a great ecclesiastical and cultural-historical wealth: icons, manuscripts and books, church objects and relics. Intensive monastic life, copying and educational activity took place here. In the 19th century, the abbot of the monastery was the Macedonian revivalist and writer Kiril Pejcinovic, who founded a school in the monastery, and here he wrote his famous book Mirror.

Boris Trajkovski Sports Center

Најкомплексниот спортски објект во Македонија. Поголемата сала има капацитет од 8.000 гледачи за кошаркарски натпревари и 10.000 за концерти и други културни манифестации. Располага со базен, сала за хокеј, пинг-понг, фитнес сала, кугларница, сауна. Тука се одржа Европското првенство во ракомет за жени во 2008 година.

National Arena Philip II Macedonian

A multipurpose stadium, most commonly used for football matches, with a maximum capacity of 36,400 spectators. It is used by the football clubs Rabotnicki and Vardar, as well as the Macedonian national football team. Construction of the City Stadium began in 1978 with the construction of the south stand. In 2008, the old north stand was demolished and a new one was built according to the highest standards of FIFA. After the reconstruction of the south stand in 2011, the east and west stands were put into use.

Manifestations

[Скопско лето (21 јуни – 31 јули)

Од 1980 година, концепцијата на манифестацијата опфаќа музички концерти, оперски, балетски и драмски претстави, ликовни и фото изложби, филмска програма, перформанси и мултимедијални проекти, како и сопствена продукција и бројни гостувања од странство. На триесетина различни локалитети, на Скопско лето пулсираат отворени сцени на Скопската тврдина, Старата чаршија, Куршумли ан, Кејот на Вардар, Градскиот парк, салоните на скопските театри и ликовните галерии.

May Opera Evenings in the City of Skopje (May 9 - 31)

With a tradition from 1972, the festival is one of the most visited events in Skopje. The stage of the Macedonian Opera and Ballet hosts the program, which consists of opera performances, but also ballet, concert and symphonic performances. Regular participants in the May Opera Evenings are opera and ballet artists from neighboring countries and the world, as well as the ensembles of the Macedonian Opera and Ballet.

Baskerfest In Skopje (May - June)

International festival of street performers, which is held at several locations in the city. This is a free festival for the whole family, at which no tickets are charged - the only price is a contribution in the hats of the artists. Spectacular carnival parade consisting of a number of acrobats, clowns, comedians, stencils, magicians, jugglers, breakers, puppets, cartoonists, pantomime artists, national dancers, musicians, complemented by a variety of masks, costumes and costumes.

Пиволенд во Септември

Со околу 300.000 посетители, фестивалот е дестинација на квалитетна забава и презентација на пивски производители, придружена со фантастична храна од локалните ресторани, анимација на посетителите со музи.