| Items of Macedonia |
| Macedonia’s Lake Ohrid is one of the deepest and oldest in Europe
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| All fruits and vegetables are grown organically in Macedonia; tomatoes and peppers are legendary |
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| Lake Mavrovo feeds two seas through two rivers: Radika empties into the Adriatic; Vardar empties into the Aegean Sea |
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| Macedonia has literally thousands of sites where relics can be found going back 3800 years |
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| Macedonia’s mountains are numerous; Shar Planina our Macedonian Alps, have 43 peaks and a height of 2500 meters (over 7500 feet) |
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| 70 or more monasteries are located in Macedonia, a country that also features many churches and Islamic mosques |
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| Tresca River canyon at Matka features almost perpendicular scarps that rival the monoliths at major US and Australian national parks |
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| Wildlife in forests and savannas of Macedonia include bear, wolves, goats, and deer; kiosks can be reserved for either open hunting or shooting at corralled game |
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| Hot thermal baths are scattered throughout this seismically active region; many are used for therapeutic treatments |
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| Macedonia has discovered its own Stonehenge, an ancient astronomical observatory created by a civilized tribe of sun worshippers in 1800 BC |
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| Rock formations at the valley of Dolls near Kumanovo resemble those of Bryce Canyon National Park in UT, USA |
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| The village of Kratovo, with homes scattered over steep hills, resembles Sausalito, CA’s hillsides; the town has legendary security towers rising from the floor of an ancient volcano’s crater (Krat, in Macedonian) |
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| The mountain town of Galicnik, halfway between Skopje and Ohrid, features a worldwide wedding festival every July, where couples travel as mutual “chosen ones” to tie the knot in colorful traditional garb amid festival joy and celebration |
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... A National agency for preservation of monuments has been established in Ohrid even before Louvre and the British Museum. This is known as a fact because in 1916 the stamp of the general museum of the Ohrid Archbishoprics has been discovered bearing the year 1516.
Part of the collection of this museum is found today in the house of Robevci, part of the ethnography museum in the house of Urania, and other parts of the collection may be found on several locations. The original manuscripts are preserved in the old building of the school and the icons are located in the Icon Gallery. |
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... traditional Macedonian cuisine combines Balkan and Mediterranean traits, borrowing heavily from the Turkish tastes that prevailed during the long centuries of Ottoman rule. Some specialties, such as taratur (yogurt with bits of cucumber), pindzur (cream salad with peppers and eggplant) and the world-famous baklava are therefore characteristic of Balkan cuisine in general.
Other Turkish-influenced dishes include kebapcinja (grilled beef kebaps) and the omnipresent burek (a flaky sort of pie filled with cheese, spinach or ground beef). |
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