List of clock towers in North Macedonia
The following list represents the clock towers in North Macedonia .
Clock tower is the name of a tower with a large tower clock that can be read from a distance. In North Macedonia , theclock towers builtunder Ottoman rule are often referred to as Sahat-Kula (Turkish for clock tower). The list does not claim to be complete.
Surname | image | place | region | construction time | Status |
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Bitola clock tower | Bitola | Pelagonia | 16th century or 1830 | receive | |
Gostivar clock tower | Gostivar | Polog | 1728/29 | receive | |
Kičevo clock tower | Kičevo / Kërçova | southwest | 1741 | not preserved, destroyed by Serbian troops in 1938 | |
Ohrid clock tower | Ohrid | southwest | 1725 | receive | |
Prilep clock tower | Prilep | Pelagonia | 1825/26 | receive | |
Skopje clock tower | Skopje / Shkup | Skopje | 1566 to 1573 | receive | |
Tetovo clock tower | Tetovo / Tetova | Polog | around 1608 | not preserved, demolished in 1933 | |
Veles clock tower | Veles | Vardar | 18th century | receive |
Web links
Commons : Clock towers in North Macedonia - Collection of images
source
- Clock towers of Macedonia by Vera Gavrovska Bojčevska in: Национален конзерваторски центар ( Nacionalen konzervatorski centar ) from 2008 (Macedonian Cyrillic, PDF file; 273 KB), last accessed on February 12, 2012