IMG_8159 - The memorial House of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, who was born and lived here 1910-28, then went to Ireland and on to India.
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IMG_8160 - This modern "Posh Girl" with a cell phone was one of 30 statues of the Skopje 2014 recovery project.
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IMG_8162 - This museum is in a former train station that was destroyed in the 1963 earthquake and rebuilt by Kenzo Tange.
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IMG_8163 - It is the Museum of the City of Skopje, which presents the history of Skopje from ~3000 BC to the present.
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IMG_8168 - Tsar Samuil led Bulgaria against the Byzantines from 997 to 1014, gaining influence over most of the south-western Balkans.
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IMG_8169 - A monument of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and the new (2018) Orthodox Church of Saints Constantine and Elena.
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IMG_8173 - This clock of this Museum of the City of Skopje is frozen at 5:17 a.m., the time of the 1963 earthquake.
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IMG_8174 - The popular pedestrian Macedonia St. with shops and cafés, from the City Museum to Macedonia Square
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IMG_8175 - The Warrior on a Horse statue is often thought of as Alexander the Great, causing much friction with Greece.
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IMG_8178 - The Stone Bridge crosses the Vardar River, joining Macedonia Square and Karposh Square.
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IMG_8182 - Karposh Square (far to near): "The Warrior" (Phillip II of Macedon), the "Mothers of Macedonia", and Saints Cyril and Methodius
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IMG_8183 - The Jewish Memorial Centre. In Mar. 1943, 11000 Jews were deported to death camps, 165 who had passports were not.
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