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Old Bazaar, Skopje - Typical street in the Old Bazaar The Old Bazaar is a bazaar located in Skopje, situated on the eastern bank of the Vardar River, stretching from the Stone Bridge to the Bit-Pazar and from the Skopje Fortress to the Serava river. The Old Bazaar falls primarily within the borders of
air Municipality but a part of it is located in Centar Municipality. As one of the oldest and largest marketplaces in the Balkans, it has been Skopje’s center for trade and commerce since at least the 12th century.
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- Transport by air-conditioned minivan
Skopje’s history began with the Thracian settlements and the formation of the Scupi fortress. The city belonged to the Roman, Byzantine, Bulgarian, and briefly, Serbian nations. In 1392, the Ottomans took over the city, renaming it Uskub, and it became an exceptional town inhabited by many Ottomans, Bulgarians, and Albanians. In 1912, the city was freed from Ottoman rule during the First Balkan war and ultimately joined the Serbian nation. It was temporarily assigned to the Bulgarian nation during the two world wars before finally becoming the capital of the Macedonian Federation in the Yugoslav socialist republic. The city saw rapid economic and industrial growth. Sadly, a major earthquake in 1963 destroyed a large part of the city, leaving over 100,000 people homeless.
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