Old Bazaar (Skopje)
The Old Bazaar in Skopje ( Macedonian Стара скопска чаршија Stara skopska čaršija ; Albanian Çarshia e Vjetër ; Turkish Üsküp Çarşısı ) is an old trading and market district and a cultural and historical part of the city as well as one of the most famous sights of the city. It is located in the area between the stone bridge ( Kamen Most ) in the southwest and Bit-Pazar, today's market, in the northwest. The district is bounded by the rivers of Vardar and Seravas. According to the administrative division of the city, the bazaar is located on the territory of the municipalities of Čair and Centar .
The first documented information for the existence of a trading district in the area of the Old Bazaar dates from the 12th century. At the time of the Ottoman rule in the city, the square grew to become the largest commercial district in Skopje, with around 30 mosques , numerous caravanserais and Hanen as well as madrasas , tekken and other public buildings of Ottoman architecture . In its history, the bazaar has withstood great damage from the earthquakes in 1555 and 1963, the huge city fire in 1689, and the world wars. Despite this damage and destruction, the bazaar continues to be the only monument to the country's changeful culture, in which features from several different cultures and civilizations are used.
With a law of October 13, 2008, the Parliament of the Republic of Macedonia made the Old Bazaar a cultural asset of particular importance to the state and the square has been under permanent state protection ever since. At the beginning of 2010, the introduction of a five-year program to revitalize the bazaar began, with the aim of renewing the objects in its framework, giving support to the handicrafts, as well as reinforcing intensive economic and cultural development.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Стара скопска чаршија: За чаршијата. (No longer available online.) Staracarsija.mk , archived from the original on March 28, 2012 ; accessed on August 20, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Old Bazaar - Skopje. (No longer available online.) Macedonia National Tourism Portal, archived from the original on December 4, 2012 ; accessed on August 20, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ "Звуците на чаршијата" ќе го заживуваат старото градско јадро ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Utrinski Vesnik , September 13, 2010.
- ↑ Скопската чаршија доби заслужена заштита ( Memento of the original from February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Večer , October 15, 2008.
- ↑ Почнува ревитализацијата на скопската чаршија ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Dnevnik , February 17, 2010.
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Coordinates: 42 ° 0 ′ 2.5 ″ N , 21 ° 26 ′ 12.8 ″ E