This road through the valley of the river Kriva Lakavica is part of the road between Štip and Petrič and led via Dědino into the valley of the river Strumica. It is attested indirectly in the so-called ‘Praktikon of Konče’ , which is dated to the time after 1366. The ‘Praktikon’ mentions the existence of a watchtower (na stražišti and u stražišti) near the village of Trěskavac. Most probably the watchtower was located on the elevation Treskavačka čuka, 602 m above sea level and about 9 km north-north-west of the village of Konče, thus overlooking the whole valley in both directions. We can find certain proof for the existence of this sideway in the Ottoman tax registers dating to 1570/73. Therein a “route of the Gazis” (“na Patot na gaziite”) is attested, which ran along the right (north-eastern) side of the river Kriva Lakavica and originally surrounded the elevation Treskavačka čuka from the south-west following the river. Its course was definitely altered in 1978, when the dam lake of Mantovo was accumulated. That is why the modern tarmac road surrounds today the above-mentioned elevation from the north-east. This situation on the ground is reflected by the GPS track in our database, which Mihailo St. Popović recorded during a survey in September 2010. The Ottoman tax registers confirm clearly that the Ottoman troops used this route in the wake of their advance into the historical region of Macedonia.
What is more, we even have archaeological evidence for this advance in the shape of an Ottoman funerary monument (“Türbe”) in addition to the written sources. This monument is called “Gazi Evrenos” and lies directly on the right (northern) side of the river Kriva Lakavica, respectively 5,5 km north-north-east of Konče. It was erected before the year 1417 by the famous Ottoman general Ewrenos Bey Gazi for his father ‛Isā Bey Prangi on the spot where the latter had fallen in combat. His death had most probably occurred around 1385, when the Ottomans gained control over the valley of the river Kriva Lakavica.
The free-standing monument is of rectangular shape and approximately 5 m high. Its western and eastern front are about 7 m long, whereas its northern and southern front have a length of about 5 m. The entrance to the building lay in the north. Although a space for an inscription can be discerned above the entrance, no traces of it survive today. The walls of the monument are built of gravel, brick and mortar. All four walls have arches and the whole structure is surmounted by a cupola made of brick. The outer walls of the edifice show traces of reddish plasterwork and have worked cornerstones.