DENES NAD MAKEDONIJA  Denes nad Makedonija se ragja  Novo sonce na slobodata  Makedoncite se borat  za svoite pravdini  Makedoncite se borat  za svoite pravdini  Odnovo sega znameto se vee  na Krushevskata republika  Goce Delchev, Pitu Guli  Dame Gruev, Sandanski!  Goce Delchev, Pitu Guli  Dame Gruev, Sandanski!  Gorite Makedonski shumno peat  novi pesni, novi vesnici  Makedonija slobodna  slobodna zivee!  Makedonija slobodna  slobodna zivee!

TODAY ON MACEDONIA  Today on Macedonia,  is born   the new sun of liberty  The Macedonians fight for  their own rights!  The Macedonians fight   for their own rights!  For now on, the flag flies  (that) of the Krushevo Republic  Goce Delchev, Pitu Guli  Dame Gruev, Sandanski!  Goce Delchev, Pitu Guli  Dame Gruev, Sandanski!  The burning Macedonian forests sing  (of) new songs, new news  Macedonia is liberated     Liberty lives!  Macedonia is liberated     Liberty lives!

SKOPJESKOPJE 

Skopje is the capital of the Republic of Macedonia. As largest city in the country, it is a political, economic, and cultural center of Macedonia. It lies on the upper course of the Vardar River and is located on a major north-south Balkan route between Belgrade and Athens. 

The first impression of the visitor to Skopje, is invariably the same: it is a new and modern city. A trading center for the tobacco, grains, and livestock produced in the surrounding region, the city also manufactures iron and steel, electrical machinery, chemicals and textiles.

Here is the seat of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, the Sts. Cyril and Methodius University, the Macedonian Parliament, the National and University Library, the Macedonian National Theater, the University Hospitals and the Medical School, the Museum of Macedonia, the Museum of Contemporary Art, the National History Museum, the National Art Gallery, the Gallery of the Cultural, the Natural Sciences Museum of Macedonia, Macedonian Tourist Information Center, the Macedonian Orthodox Church, as well as many foreign embassies and representative offices.

In 1963, another catastrophic earthquake struck Skopje. The clock in the preserved ruins of the old railway station remained frozen on 5:17 pm, the moment that the predawn earthquake turned Skopje into landfill. So devastating was the 1963 quake that some advised moving Macedonia's capital to another site. Thanks to world solidarity, the city was quickly renewed and reconstructed, and the new residential quarters bear little resemblance of old Skopje.
 

Time of the Earthquake: 5:17 pm

 

 

 

Today Skopje is a beautiful and modern city with population of almost 700.000 people, covering an area of 1.818 sq. km. The city was rebuild mainly out of concrete slab, clamping it to the Vardar river floodplain almost as a modular unit, in case the earth attempts to shake it loose again.

Skopje can be reached by train, car, or air. The Skopje Airport is the largest airport in Macedonia. The first train to arrive in Skopje, was from Salonica in the distant year of 1873.

Many famous people were born, lived or worked in my town. But maybe the most famous one was this Woman: 

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