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  2. Skopje - Wikipedia

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    Skopje, the name of the city during the Middle Ages, is the local Slavic (Macedonian) rendition of Scupi. [17] The Ottoman Turkish rendition of the city's name is "Üsküb" (Ottoman Turkish: اسكوب) and it was adapted in Western languages in "Uskub" or "Uskup", and these two appellations were used in the Western world until 1912.

  3. History of Skopje - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Church of St. Clement of Ohrid - Wikipedia

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    The Church of Saint Clement of Ohrid (Macedonian: Соборна црква - Свети Климент Охридски) often called simply Soborna Crkva (Соборна црква), located in Skopje, North Macedonia is the largest cathedral of the Macedonian Orthodox Church today.

  5. List of national capital city name etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Since the 1950s, the official name of the city in Macedonian has been Skopje (Скопје), reflecting the Macedonian Cyrillic orthography for the local pronunciation. The city is called Shkup or Shkupi in Albanian, Skopie (Скопие) in Bulgarian and Skopia (Σκόπια) in Greek.

  6. Millennium Cross - Wikipedia

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    View of Millennium Cross, Skopje. Following the breakup of Yugoslavia and independence of Macedonia, different ethno-religious groups in the country competed with each other to leave their mark upon the urban landscape of Skopje, especially after the inter-ethnic conflict of 2001 [11] [6] [10] As elections approached, Prime Minister Ljubčo Georgievski and his VMRO-DPMNE government raised the ...

  7. Timeline of Skopje - Wikipedia

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    Air pollution in Skopje reaches annual mean of 45 PM2.5 and 74 PM10, more than recommended. [25] 2014 - Skopje 2014 extensive re-building project. 2016 2016 Macedonian protests. [26] 2016 Macedonian floods

  8. Skopje Fortress - Wikipedia

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    The Skopje Fortress (Macedonian: Скопско кале, romanized: Skopsko kale; Albanian: Kalaja e Shkupit; Turkish: Üsküp Kalesi), commonly referred to as Kale (from kale, the Turkish word for 'fortress'), is a historic fortress located in the old town of Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia.

  9. Skopsko beer - Wikipedia

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    The Skopje brewery was founded in 1922 and began operations in 1924. In 1998, it was purchased by the Greek Coca-Cola Bottling Company and Heineken. [1]Skopsko was introduced with the name "Light Beer" and it presented beer liner with 10% extract.