The Capital city of the Republic of Macedonia, a modern administrative, trade and cultural center of the state, has twice rised up like a Phoenix, after 2 catastrophic earthquakes in 518 AD and in 1963. Although lot of human lives and material goods were lost, still numerous archeological localities remained as well as the
Old Turkish bazaar, which includes the Daut Pasha amam, converted into the Art Gallery, one of the largest of its kind in Macedonia; the Kapan An, the Mustafa Pasha mosque etc. On the hill above the city, the village of Nerezi is located, where monumental church of St. Pantelejmon was built in XII Century.