Balkan Folklore Festival or Balkan festival of folk songs and dances is an international folk festival in Ohrid, Macedonia. It was founded in 1962 and represents the oldest manifestation of its kind in the Balkans. At that festival many vocal and instrumental artistic groups and solosingers present the authentic tradition and culture throughout [Continue]
The Ohrid Swimming Marathon is an international Open water swimming competition, established in always taking place in the waters of the Ohrid Lake, Republic of Macedonia. The swimmers are supposed to swim 30 km from Sveti Naum to the Ohrid harbor. The Ohrid Swimming Marathon is an international sporting event that gathers the most famous [Continue]
The Ohrid summer Festival is a festival founded on 4 August 1961, always taking place between 12 July and 20 August in the city of Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia.It is financed by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Macedonia and sponsors. The President of the Republic of Macedonia is the patron of the [Continue]
The syntagma Ohrid traditional architecture refers to the style of building family houses which was developed in the 18th and 19th centuries due to the fact that, during the Ottoman reign, the Christians were not allowed to build outside the town walls and the lack of the space inside the town walls. The master builders [Continue]
The fortress of King Samoil is at the top of the Ohrid hill, built during his reign around 10th century. This used to be a military fortification and is the second wall encolosure on the hill. Around it lies the old town, which is wrapped by another wall that’s still visible at some places. The [Continue]
The whole town is surrounded by walls and is crowned by the King Samoil’s citadel. The first fortifications appeared in Ohrid during the fifth century B. C. However, only fortifications from the third century BC have been preserved, as a result of several reinforcements since the tenth century. The whole old town is circled with [Continue]
The Old Bazaar of Ohrid is one of the most lively parts of Ohrid, especially on the so called market days, where numerous customers, as well as food products, may also buy various handmade items. Especially interesting are the clay products, the old Macedonian musical instruments and the famous Macedonian embroidery. Since Ohrid was a [Continue]
St.Dimitria, St.Konstantin and Elena & St.Mali Vraci – This 3 small churches built around St.Bogorodica Perivlepta were all built in the XIV century. St.Konstantin and Elena behind St.Bogorodica Perivlepta has a fake transept so it would show a cross on the roof. They are all locked. If you are interested ask for the keys in [Continue]
This tiny well hidden church is just few steps away from the Bolnicki churches. Just take the small narrow street opposite the Bolnicki churches. The small square is interesting since this street is one of the very few original streets remaining in Ohrid. It is shaped in form of gentle stairs so walking uphill would [Continue]
St.Nikola Bolnički was Built by Archbishop Nikolaj of Ohrid in 14th c. This item comes from a region where place names vary historically and politically. We have used the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN) as a source for controlled place names. As soon as one passes Lower Gate, which served as the main entrance [Continue]
