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  Bitola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bitola region was a stronghold of the Ilinden Uprising, one of the brightest moments in the struggle for an independent Macedonian state.
Bitola was to be in Bulgaria, according to a pre-war alliance agreement between Bulgaria and Serbia.
Clement of Ohrid University of Bitola (Macedonian:Универзитет Св.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bitola   (3558 words)

  
 BITOLA BABAM BITOLA - A CITY IN MACEDONIA
Bitola is situated in the southwest end of the Pelagonia plain, between the Baba and Nidzhe mountains, at a height between 580 and 660 meters above the sea level.
Bitola was conquered by the Turkish in 1382-1383.
In the course of the 18th century Bitola was being inhabited by Vlachs, after the demolition of Moskopole in 1778, and by Abanians and Macedonians peasants.
www.bitola.de /eng-overview.htm   (1594 words)

  
 Bitola, the city of the consuls
Bitola is the second largest town in Macedonia, situated in the southern part of Pelagonija Valley, on the upper flow on the both sides of the river Dragor, at an altitude of 600 meter height above the sea level.
On the west, near the town, is the Baba Mountain with the magnificent Mount Pelister (2601 m), a National Park with exquisite flora and fauna, and a well-known ski resort.
The Bitola Revolutionary Group became the main bastion of the Macedonian National Liberation Movement, and ten years later, it became a torch of the famous Ilinden Uprising.
members.tripod.com /tasevski/vbitola.html   (425 words)

  
 Bitola travel guide - Wikitravel
Bitola nicknamed “city of consuls” is the second largest city in the Republic of Macedonia (pop.
95385 (Bitola county) in 2002; 88,7% Macedonians, 4,37% Albanians, 1,7% Turks, 2,74% Roma, 1,33% Vlach); near the border with Greece, straddling the River Dragor at the foot of Mt Pelister, in the Baba mountains.
Bitola is a nice place to visit since Pelister National Park is close, the ancient city of Heraklea is there, it has nice Ottoman architecture and 19th century romantic architecture, so some good examples of everything.
wikitravel.org /en/Bitola   (1659 words)

  
 BITOLA
Bitola also known as the town of the consuls, lies at an altitude of 600m above sea level.
Bitola is an old city situated in the southern part of Pelagonija Plain.
Bitola has a wealthy historical past and some of the cultural and historical monuments are witnesses of the time that has passed.
www.cybermacedonia.com /bitola.html   (319 words)

  
 Macedonia FAQ: Bitola   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Bitola is the second largest city in Macedonia and is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia Valley.
Bitola is an important junction that connects the South of the Adriatic Sea with the Aegean Sea and Central Europe, and is located only few miles from the Greek frontier border.
The Bitola Revolutionary Group was the bastion of the Macedonian National Liberation Movement, and ten years later, it became a torch of the famous Ilinden Uprising.
faq.macedonia.org /travel/cities/bitola.html   (1063 words)

  
 Bitola Info
Bitola is a center of industry and commerce.
In Bitola there are dairies, a brewery, a beet-sugar factory, flour mills, an electric power plant which supplies 70-80% of the country’s power, and many other companies offering various goods and services.
Bitola is inhabited mainly by Macedonians and a few Albanians.
www.pray4macedonia.com /bitola.html   (354 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Bitola, Former Yugoslavia (Former Yugoslavian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
Bitola was a major agricultural center in Roman times.
In 1395 the Turks conquered Bitola, which became an important military and commercial center in the 15th and 16th cent.
The city suffered much damage during the Balkan Wars (during which the Serbs took it from the Turks) and in World War I. Bitola is noted for its numerous mosques, churches, and a former Turkish market.
reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/Bitola.html   (207 words)

  
 WHAT HAPPENED IN BITOLA? (RFE/RL)
Bitola, known to Albanians as Monastir, had a flourishing Albanian population until the mid-20th century.
Bitola's Social Democratic mayor, Zlatko Vrsakovski, appeared on TV after the first two nights of violence had passed and appealed for calm.
The Open Society Institute chief adds that the Bitola residents involved in the attacks on Albanian businesses were provoked by the fact that despite an official order for all four caskets containing the remains of the dead policeman to remain sealed, the brother of one of the dead men insisted his coffin be opened.
www.alb-net.com /amcc/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?newsid991826257,81512,   (1645 words)

  
 Bitola - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Bitola (Serbo-Croatian Bitolj), city in the southern part of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, capital of Bitola District, on the Crna...
Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of: University of Bitola
Education is free and compulsory from age 7 through 14.
ca.encarta.msn.com /Bitola.html   (68 words)

  
 Exploring Macedonia – National Tourism Portal. Provides travel tips, Accommodation and tour information.
Macedonia’s second city, Bitola is a grand old town that still bears the marks of its turn-of-the-century importance as a center for diplomacy – while also exemplifying the country’s time-honored cafe culture.
The stately old architecture of Bitola hearkens back to more than a century ago when the town was a center for international diplomats to the Ottoman administration, supplanting Skopje and becoming known far and wide as the “city of the consuls.”
A city of 125,000 inhabitants, Bitola has all of the characteristics of modern life: cultural events, professional athletics, hotels and nightlife.
www.exploringmacedonia.com /?ItemID=FA4FF251D781D147952A396E08CD44F6   (189 words)

  
 Bitola
Bitola is situated in the south-west part of the Republic of Macedonia, in the western part of the Pelagonia Plain, at the foothills of mount Baba, on the banks of the river Dragor.
Bitola, a town with rich tradition and turbulent historic past, today is the second largest town in the Republic of Macedonia.
Bitola has picturesque surroundings and beautiful landscapes.But above all the simbol of the town is Pelister, the highest peak of the Baba Mountain, rising 2601 m.
www.unet.com.mk /manaki98/Angliski/bitola_a.htm   (547 words)

  
 Untitled Document
In this period of seven decades, Bitola saw hundreds of consuls performed their duty of representing the interest of their country, but at the same time spreading propaganda to neutralize the national awaking of the Macedonian people.
In 1905, Gorgi Sugarev was set-up by the traitor Petar Ligusev [secretary of TMRO - Bitola] near the village Paralovo - Bitola.
is born in 1879 in the village Mogila - Bitola.
www.bitolaonline.com /history_consulate.htm   (1258 words)

  
 Macedonia: Rioters Burn Albanian Homes in Bitola (Human Rights Watch, June 8, 2001)
Bitola, located some 170 kilometers south of Skopje, is Macedonia's third largest city, and ethnic Albanians compromise about 15 percent of its population.
The rioting crowds claimed to be revenging the deaths of Bitola police officers that were ambushed near Tetovo.
Anti-Albanian sentiment in Bitola is rapidly growing into a campaign by extremists to rid Bitola of its ethnic Albanian population.
hrw.org /english/docs/2001/06/08/macedo192_txt.htm   (1252 words)

  
 New Page 1
May. Over 105 women with different age, nationality, profession and religion are members of this Union with main determination to improve the condition and participation of the woman in all spheres of living.
The Union "PRESTIGE"- Bitola is formed by the initiative of some women which wanted to associate, to help and to act in a lot of spheres of women’s life.
The women Union "PRESTIGE"- Bitola every year organize meetings with the children from the state institutions as: children with no parents, children with damaged speaking and hearing, retarded children, old persons and people who need help.
www.bitola.com /prestiz/angliski.htm   (1568 words)

  
 Questions linger, rumors abound in torching of Bitola's Albanian businesses
Bitola, Macedonia; 30 May2001 (RFE/RL) -- It has been almost a month since Macedonian rioters smashed and set fire to a string of Albanian-owned pastry shops and cafes in Bitola.
Milcin of the Open Society Institute says Bitola has been impoverished since 1997, when Albania's TAT pyramid investment scheme went bust, leaving many residents to lose their life savings.
Bitola, says Milcin, "is a town which is easily pushed into being involved in events like a pogrom."
www.alb-net.com /amcc/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?newsid991281600,37766,   (1870 words)

  
 Bilota Film Festival 1996
Bitola was home to the Manaki brothers, Yanaki and Milton, who brought cinematography to the Balkans after buying their first movie camera in London in 1905.
The festival is a remarkable event in itself, in that, for once, the men behind the cameras, the directors of photography, get to take the credit for their work.
The Golden Camera 300 award (the model the brothers brought back with them from London) went to Masao Nakabori for Maborosi, for its use of 'colour and contrast in an outstanding way to create a special atmosphere connected with the mood of the story'.
www.filmfestivals.com /misc/bitola.htm   (249 words)

  
 Macedonia FAQ: Bitola   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The "Bitola" Mining and Energy Combine provides about 80% of the electric energy in Macedonia and the "Pelagonija" Agricultural and Industrial Combine is the largest in Macedonia.
The Clock Tower at the entrance of the bazaar in Bitola
Some cultural and historical monuments in Bitola and the vicinity are the archaeological site of Heraklea Linkestis located some two kilometers from the city center, with the antique theater in the near surrounding on the south of the town, the Old Bazaar, the Orthodox church "St. Dimitrija", Isak and Yeni Mosque, the Clock Tower.
faq.macedonia.org /travel/cities/bak/bitola.html   (452 words)

  
 Republic of Macedonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Many Greek companies have bought former state companies in the country, such as the oil refinery Okta, the baking company Zhito Luks, marble mine in Prilep, textile facilities in Bitola etc. Other key partners are Germany, Italy and Slovenia.
The Macedonian economy has since made a sluggish recovery, though the extent of unemployment, the grey market, corruption and a relatively ineffective legal system keep growth rate low and cause significant problems.
Clement of Ohrid University of Bitola and State University of Tetovo.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Republic_of_Macedonia   (4892 words)

  
 Bitola, Description: Go Macedonia, Center for Alternative Tourism
After Skopje, Bitola is the biggest town in the Republic of Macedonia and today has 77.500 inhabitants.
This beautiful town, where the architecture of its numerous buildings is real attraction and makes Bitola one of the most attractive towns in almost whole Balkans peninsula, is located in the southwest part of Macedonia, or more precisely in the central part of the largest plain of Macedonia called Pelagonija.
Throughout Bitola's history, different civilizations and nations have left their marks and in this regard surely the most attractive one is the already mentioned Heraklea Lyncaestis.
www.gomacedonia.com /bitola_descr.shtml   (338 words)

  
 British Embassy, Skopje Historical Note
Because of the increasing importance of Bitola, the British Government appointed John Longworth as the first British Consul in Bitola in 1852.
On 3rd April 1857 John Blunt was appointed Vice-consul in Skopje and was to be 'under the supervision of the Consul John Longworth in Bitola'.
This vice-consulate was closed in 1860 while in 1862, by a decree of the Sultan, the British Consul in Bitola, Charles Calvert (1860-72), was also recognised as the consul to the Skopje pashalic.
www.britishembassy.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1089127816482   (651 words)

  
 Bitola
Bitola, the second largest town in the Republic of Macedonia, is situated in the extreme South, close to the border with Greece.
First mentioned in the 10th century, Bitola was a major commercial center during the period of Ottoman Turkish rule (1382-1913).
Buildings of architectural merit in Bitola include the Isak mosque (15th c.), the Ajdar- Gazi mosque (14th c.) and the old Turkish covered market - the Bezistan.
www.b-info.com /places/Macedonia/republic/images/citiesBitola.shtml   (192 words)

  
 Bitola City Home Page - Miscellaneous   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Macedonian city of Bitola was established in the VII th century, very close to the Antique-Macedonian town Heraclea Lincestis.
The town is situated in the western part of Pelagonia plain, at the foot of the Baba mountain with its peak Pelister.
Bitola is also proud of its national park "Pelister", rising at 2601 meters above sea level.
maxpages.com /bitola - !http://maxpages.com/bitola   (442 words)

  
 BITOLA - Biomedical Discovery Support System
BITOLA is an interactive literature-based biomedical discovery support system.
To understand the details of the system and see some examples of its use, you are strongly recommended to read these papers.
The JAVA version of the BITOLA system is implemented as a JAVA applet which communicates with the database management system through an intermediate application server (socket connection to port 9000).
www.mf.uni-lj.si /bitola   (878 words)

  
 CV CIVIC TRACKS
The Civic Tracks (CT) is a non-partisan, non-profit organization established in the city of Bitola in the Republic of Macedonia.
The Youth Center for human rights will contact with local media and other NGO-s for organized observation of the respecting of the human rights, reaction in cases when they are broken and organizing campaigns for their protection.Creating of the web site www.Bitola.com.mk/CTHR is part of this project.
Open Society Institute Macedonia funded the project, which is also supported by all highschols in Bitola, media, local government and other NGO-s from Prilep and Demir Hisar.
www.bitola.com.mk /cthr/Ang-CT.htm   (1313 words)

  
 Kinoeye | Macedonia: The Manaki Brothers Film Camera Festival
The Manaki Brothers themselves represent quite a phenomenon, since a decade after the first film screening in Paris in 1895, they brought the new technique to the Balkans, and were able to shoot a number of historic events.
Such film documents show that, at the turn of the century, Bitola was an important centre in the economic, political, social and cultural life of the Balkans with a rich multi-cultural heritage.
This rich past activity, and its contrast to the present, poses the question of where Macedonia, Bitola and the festival are on the map of Europe today.
www.kinoeye.org /01/05/trajkov05.php   (1449 words)

  
 UK Indymedia - A for Athens, B for Bitola...
After a week of student uprising in Greece, the Art and Activism Caravan moved onto Macedonia, where it was welcomed by the Bitola Youth Forum, to fill a week of youth activities in the city of Bitola.
Bitola is a city in the south-western part of the Republic of Macedonia, with just under 100.000 inhabitants.
At the end of the week a large event was held in the local amphitheatre, which was joined by some local bands.
www.indymedia.org.uk /en/2006/07/344894.html   (289 words)

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