North Macedonia

A small Orthodox church dedicated to St. John the Theologian, standing on a rocky promontory jutting out into Lake Ohrid at Kaneo and built in the late 13th century. Featuring a cross-in-square plan inscribed in a rectangle, an octagonal dome, cloisonné masonry of red brick and light stone, and 13th- to 14th-century frescoes, the church is part of the Ohrid Region World Heritage Site.

UNESCO World Heritage Site (Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid Region, 1979 and 1980)Kaneo, trên vách đá bên hồ Ohrid, 6000 Ohrid

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The most elegant and best-preserved fifteenth-century classical Ottoman mosque in the Republic of North Macedonia, crowning a plateau overlooking the Old Bazaar (Carsija) of Skopje, built in 1492 CE (898 AH) by Vizier Mustafa Pasha under Sultan Bayezid II and celebrated for its 16-meter single dome, white marble three-bay portico, 47-meter limestone minaret, and hexagonal marble mausoleum set within a fragrant rose garden.

Monument of Culture of Exceptional National Importance of the Republic of North Macedonia and Masterpiece of Early Classical Ottoman Architecture in the BalkansProhor Pcinjski Street, Old Bazaar (Carsija) below Kale Fortress, Cair Municipality, 1000 Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia

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A national memorial sanctuary and Catholic chapel erected on the exact site of the former Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church on Makedonija Street in central Skopje where Anjeze Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta) was baptized on August 27, 1910 one day after her birth, designed by architect Vangel Bozinovski and inaugurated on January 30, 2009 with an upper filigree-glass liturgical chapel enshrining first-class relics of the saint.

National Memorial Sanctuary of the Republic of North Macedonia and Official Catholic Pilgrimage Chapel Marking the Baptismal Site of Saint Teresa of Calcutta (1910)Makedonija Street (Ulica Makedonija bb), Centar Municipality, 1000 Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia

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A millennium-old Orthodox monastic sanctuary perched on a rocky promontory above the emerald waters of Lake Ohrid and the crystal springs of the Crn Drim River within the UNESCO World Heritage Ohrid Region, founded around 900 to 905 CE by Saint Naum of Ohrid (disciple of Saints Cyril and Methodius), renowned for its sixteenth-century cross-in-square church, 1711 carved iconostasis, 1806 frescoes by Master Trpo, and the saint's stone tomb where pilgrims press their ears to hear his beating heart.

Major Orthodox Pilgrimage Sanctuary of the Archdiocese of Ohrid and UNESCO Mixed World Heritage Site (Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid Region, inscribed 1979 and extended 1980, Ref. 99)Southeastern Shore of Lake Ohrid at the Springs of the Crn Drim River, 29 km south of Ohrid City, 6000 Ohrid, Republic of North Macedonia

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A singular masterpiece of Balkan Islamic architectural painting standing beside the Pena River at the foot of the Sar Mountains in Tetovo, originally founded in 1438 CE through the endowment of two sisters named Hurshida and Mensure and magnificently rebuilt in 1833 CE by Abdurrahman Pasha with exterior and interior walls completely covered in floral, geometric, and landscape panels painted using an egg-glaze tempera technique incorporating over 30,000 eggs, including a rare nineteenth-century mural of Mecca.

Unique Monument of Balkan Islamic Architectural Painting and Protected National Cultural Heritage Monument of the Republic of North MacedoniaBrakja Miladinovi Street on the Right Bank of the Pena River, 1200 Tetovo, Republic of North Macedonia

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