7 Sights in Veles, North Macedonia (with Map and Images)

St. John the Baptist is a small medieval Christian church, at the very southern exit of the city of Veles, in the courtyard of the fur and the Dimko Mitrev footwear. It was built on a rock just above the right bank of the Vardar River, hundreds of meters south of the Topolka River in Vardar and about a hundred meters north of the famous medieval monastery of St. Dimitrios. There is no data on when the church is built and frescoed, but according to church plows, it is assumed that it is very old, if not the oldest church in the city, from Byzantine times, built for the needs of the old Medieval Veles population, who lived in the Kale, whose remains The walls are located not far from the nearby hill. However, based on the building of crushed and carved stone, and the one -nave look, it can be assumed and concluded that the Church originates from the medieval period, ie the 19th or 14th century. The name Markova Meanana is associated with the popular belief that he was coming, eating and drank King Marko, citing the time when it was built. A bridge was built next to the temple that connected the population of the Kale with the market. The church was most damaged in the construction of the Thessaloniki - Veles railway in the late 19th century. It housed masters who destroyed the interior. Its fever is about 16 m2 and the height 6 meters. The frescoes are not preserved today, and only one part is preserved from the old iconostasis. The church is most visited during the patron's feast of St. John the Baptist (20.01) when lamb and cooked rice dinner, as well as September 11, the day of cutting off the head of St. John the Baptist.

Wikipedia: Црква „Св. Јован Крстител“ - Велес (MK)

St. Petka - a church south of the city of Veles, right on the right side of the road to Gradsko and the Vardar River. This building was first, it was a chapel, or prayer, to rearrange and upgrade to a smaller church in the nineties of the last 20th century. The existence of the prayer-pacarlis is not accurately established, but it is assumed to be more recent. In the period from 2005 to 2011, the construction of a large and modern church building with a complete fresco painting on the interior walls, which is incorporated and preserved, is built and preserved. Particularly striking is the interior of the church in which a natural source of water is located for which the citizens believe that there is healing power. The church is consecrated by the Metropolitan of Povardarie. Agatangel in service with Metropolitan of European Pimen and numerous priesthood and the presence of the Mayor and MPs from Veles on November 13, 2011. The church was built according to the architectural work of architect Blagoj Zdravev, frescoes were performed by painters Aleksandar Ivanov and Malka Koneska, and the iconostasis is the work of Ljubomir Bisinov.

Wikipedia: Црква „Св. Петка“ - Велес (MK)

Memorials are monumental objects with symbolic content as a special type of chapel (tombs). They provide relics of fighters who were victims of certain military actions. In their structure they unite the formal and formal experiences of church construction enriched with aesthetic and spatial qualities. These grandiose silhouettes are correlated with contemporary, art and monumental architecture and art. In Macedonia they begin construction between the two world wars, but they will experience their affirmation after the end of World War II.

Wikipedia: Спомен-костурница (Велес) (MK)

"St. Peter's. Panteleimon" is located in Veles. The church was built in 1840. It is also a congregational temple of the Diocese of Povardar at the MPC. Its construction was carried out by the famous Macedonian negligence and church builder in Macedonia and throughout the Balkans, Andreia Damjanov with her brothers, from the Veles village of Papradište. Near the church is the grave of the famous and sung Macedonian revolutionary Mile Pop Jordanov.

Wikipedia: Црква „Св. Пантелејмон“ - Велес (MK)

The Assumption of the Virgin Mary is a church on the eastern side of veles in the town of Derwen, on the left side of the Vardar River, where a number of Wallachian families previously lived, so their street began to be called "Vlasko Maalo", and the church among the people was named Wallachia Church. This church among the population is also known as a wedding church.

Wikipedia: Црква „Успение на Пресвета Богородица“ - Велес (MK)

Fazil Ahmet-Pashina Mosque or Black Mosque is an Ottoman mosque in the city of Veles. It belongs to the Veles mufti of the IVZ and has been declared macedonia's cultural heritage. This is the only remaining mosque in the city.

Wikipedia: Фазил Ахмет-пашина џамија (MK)

St. Constantine and Helen Salvation is a church in the city of Veles. It belongs to the Veleska Orthodox Office in the Diocese of Povardar of the MPC - OA. It has been declared macedonia's cultural heritage.

Wikipedia: Црква „Св. Спас“ - Велес (MK)