Ohrid

North Macedonia

Ohrid, in North Macedonia, reaches 297 Bunkabop connections spanning 8611 places and 23 topics, with history and religion at the core. From 990 to 1015 the city was capital of the First Bulgarian Empire; from 990 to 1018 it also served as seat of the Bulgarian Patriarchate, a dual role that echoes today in its ties to Serbia, Bulgaria, and Greece. In September 1464, Albanian forces of the League of Lezhë defeated an Ottoman army near the city, and the endemic Ohrid trout extends its reach into nature.

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