IMG_8184 - Behind "The Warrior" in Karposh Square, is the 15th century Daut Pasha Hamam, (with the domes).
IMG_8185 - This hamam was a Turkish bath for Daut Pasha's harem. It now houses the National Gallery of Macedonia.
IMG_8187 - These remains of the ancient Old Bazaar survived the1963 earthquake, as well as the 1965 and 2014 reconstructions of the city.
IMG_8190 - This International Balkan University unites students from many countries, to encourage future cooperation.
IMG_8194 - The Ottoman-era, Mustafa Pasha Mosque, built in 1492 on the foundation of a medieval church
IMG_8196 - That mosque and its rose garden are on a plateau just above the Old Bazaar (Stara Čaršija) and our hotel.
IMG_8197 - It is an active mosque, largely intact from its original state, with no additions and little damage in the 1963 earthquake.
IMG_8200 - We got back from our guided walking tour, to our hotel below the mosque, just before a thunderstorm.
IMG_8204 - Just above the mosque is the Kale Fortress, on the highest part of Skopje. It appears on the city's coat of arms.
IMG_8207 - Hooded crows (Corvus cornix), at the Kale (or sometimes Kala) Fortress in Skopje
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IMG_8212 - North Macedonian flags