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There are almost 90.000 inhabitants in Bitola. The town is expanding slowly on the western part of the Pelagonija valley, opening the horizon through the mountain Baba and Nidje.
Pelister and the previously mentioned Molika pine tree are also its characteristic signs. Pelister is 2.601 m high and it is a great natural resource in Macedonia. The mountain is rich with endemic plants, rare kinds of animals, cleare mountain springs, fresh air and a place where people go to feel the untouched nature and some of them go skiing there winter.
The Big and Small Lake, the glacial mountain eyes, as people call this two lakes, make the mountain unique in its existence and the landscapes that can be seen are definitely unforgettable. The bottom of this mountain has many tourists` recreational centers, restaurants, kids camps, small ski centers and many walking paths which make the place suitable for almost everyone.
"Molika" is the best hotel you can find here, then the mountain house "Kopanki" and the ski center Strezevo are made as a whole that offers you rest and peace.
Heraklea Lincestis is the oldest archeological locality from the Roman period on these grounds.The town was alive for more than a million years. The mosaic works discovered there can show that people of Heraklea were civilized.
So, Bitola was up with the changes that happened as the time was passing by. The architecture is strictly urban, not far from the architecture of the cities in Europe at a certain time. The Old Bazar is the most important prove of the old crafts brought here from all around Europe as a kind of an exchange with other European nations and cultures.

Bitola Has an attitude of being a diplomatic city which is one more prove of its verified values. The glamour of that time is somehow still present in the town. The renovated Wide Street ( Sirok Sokak) has returned back some of the glamour.
The famous kids` art festival called Bitola`s Monmartr is held in the town for 30 years. The streets are too narrow for all the kids that comr every year in May from all around the world. The kids` laugh and temperament are giving life to Bitola and it grows with every new kid`s drawing.
The city authorities did not forget about Manaki brothers, so they established a film festival in the honor of the first film makers at the Balkans. Bitola is also a university center in Macedonia. There are 135 churches and 12 mosks in the town and its surrounding. The cathedral church of St. Dimitrija is one of the most beautiful Christian monuments in Macedonia.
The Jeni Mosk has been built on the base of a church existing long ago and it has been transformed in a museum which works every day.
There is a theater in Bitola and several cinemas.
"Epinal" - the biggest city hotel with the capacity of 230 beds and casino



HERAKLEA LINCESTIS


We advice You to visit Heraklea. The Capitol of the North Macedonian Region of Lynkestidos, situated in the immediate vicinity of present- day Bitola. Heraklea was one of the most important towns in Ancient Macedonia. Its foundation (mid 4 th century B.C. ) is related to Philip II.
The urban image of Heraclea and its development is in the Hellenic, Roman and Early Christian periods. The influence of Roma, Syria and Alexsandria are also felt.
In addition to numerous and varied remains which have been discovered so far, today Heraklea is also renowned for its floor mosaics. These mosaics date bach from the 4-th century. The motifs on the mosaics are different, vine peacocks, fountain with gushing water, stags, hinds and birds drinking from the spring of life. They all convey the Christian message of inviting the faithful to follow the teachings of Christ, represented symbolically by hunting scenes or representations of the Christian paradise.

  

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