Welcome in Macedonia Cradle of Culture, Land of Nature The Republic of Macedonia is situated at the southern part of the Balkan peninsula, with an exeptional geographic location, at the cross-roads which cannected Europe with Middle East and Asia for thousands of years. Macedonia is a land of sunshine, lakes, valleys and beautiful mountains, a country of great history and tradition. There are more than 400 archeological sites on the territory of the Republic of Macedonia. 150 are regarded as a cultural monuments. Significant archeological sites are Stobi, Heraclea Lyncaestis, Skupi, Vinitsa citadel... In Macedonia existing 1720 churches and monasteries - some of them older than 10 centuries - 135 regarded as cultural monuments. |