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The history of Skopje, North Macedonia, goes back to at least 4000; [1] remains of Neolithic settlements have been found within the old Kale Fortress that overlooks the modern city centre. The settlement appears to have been founded around then by the Paionians , a people that inhabited the region.
In the official British government history of the Macedonian campaign, Cyril Falls wrote a detailed analysis of the situation of the Bulgarian forces and the situation of the front. Although a breakthrough was achieved at Dobro Pole and the Allied forces continued their advance, the Bulgarian army was not routed and managed an orderly retreat.
The largest museum in Skopje is the Museum of the Republic of North Macedonia which details the history of the country. Its icons and lapidary collections are particularly rich. [ 227 ] The Macedonian Archeological Museum, opened in 2014, keeps some of the best archeological finds in North Macedonia, dating from Prehistory to the Ottoman period.
French military cemetery in Skopje. Under those chaotic circumstances a Bulgarian delegation arrived in Thessaloniki to ask for an armistice. On 29 September, the Bulgarians were granted the Armistice of Salonica by General d'Esperey. The Bulgarian downfall turned the strategic and operational balance of the war against the Central Powers.
On 23 October, the Bulgarian Second Army entered Skopje and Veles on the Vardar River, then started pushing northwestward to Kosovo. In doing so, the Bulgarians both blocked the retreat of the Serbs to the south along the Vardar Valley and cut them off from the oncoming French forces. [ 9 ]
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Skopje, ... Air pollution in Skopje reaches annual mean of 45 PM2.5 and 74 PM10, more than recommended. [25]
Initially named the District Historical Archive-Skopje from late 1953, the institution was later renamed Historical Archive of Skopje. [2] In 1974, it became known as the Archive of Skopje-Skopje, and in 1990, it was restructured into a regional department under the unified administration of the State Archives of the Republic of North Macedonia ...
The Vinča culture was an early culture of Southeastern Europe (between the 6th and the 3rd millennium BC), stretching around the course of the Danube in Serbia, Croatia, northern parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, Romania, Bulgaria, and the Republic of North Macedonia, although traces of it can be found all around the Southeastern Europe, parts of Central Europe and in Asia Minor.