City of STRUGA

City of STRUGA СТРУГА МАКЕДОНИЈА
STRUGA MACEDONIA Struga ((it blows wind). Geography
Struga is located in an open valley on Lake Ohrid. The Church Sveta Bogorodica (St.

The second theory says that the name of the city origins from the old Slavic word straga, meaning a cross. The old name of the city is Enchalon, the ancient Greek word for eel, a kind of fish that lives in the Lake Ohrid. The Black Drin river starts at the lake and divides the city. Culture
Struga is also a place of important cultural significance in the Republic of Macedonia, as it is the birthpl

ace of the poets Konstantin and Dimitar Miladinov. The main event of the cultural life in Struga is the world's largest poetry gathering, Struga Poetry Evenings, whose laureates have included several Nobel Prize for Literature winners such as Joseph Brodsky, Eugenio Montale, Pablo Neruda, Seamus Heaney, Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca and many others since 1966. There are several cultural monuments in Struga and in its vicinity such as the Monastery of Kališta, a few kilometers away from the town center, lying on the shore of Lake Ohrid. It is believed that it dates from the 16th century, with frescoes from the 14th and the 15th centuries. Another rock church is present in the neighbouring village of Radožda with frescoes from the 13th and 14th centuries. Mary) in the village of Vraništa, is believed to be the one where Tsar Samuel was crowned. The church has many doors and far fewer windows and often the people call it "the king's church" especially at nighttime when it's cold.

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struski biseri - izlegla evda niz carsija

22/03/2014

Muzika,Tekst Pavle Kajmakoski

22/03/2014

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27/03/2012

Struga - Macedonia Струга - Македонија Europe - Evropa Balcan - Balkan Struga is located in an open valley on the magnificent Lake Ohrid. The Black Drim rive...

27/03/2012
27/03/2012

Struga is a beautiful town in Macedonia. Placed by the famous Ohrid Lake and the beautiful river Drim, the town is a wonderful summer destination. With low p...

07/10/2011

beim "legendären Mittelaltermarkt" im Volkspark Kaiserslautern am Freitag, den 13. August 2010

27/08/2011

Охридска староградска песна

27/08/2011
27/08/2011

Mitko Kolusevski - pesna za Struga

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