Maps of Power

Skopje, Lower Town, Church of the Birth of the Mother of God

Presveta Bogorodica, Roždestvo na presveta Bogorodica, Sv. Bogorodica, Troračica, Пресвета Богородица, Рождество на пресвета Богородица, Св. Богородица, Трорачица

Begin between 01.01.1835 and 31.12.1835
End between 01.01.2016 and 31.12.2016

Properties

ID 8562
System Class Place
Case Study Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16
Place Existing Church
Historical place Ottoman Empire
Administrative unit North Macedonia , Region of Skopje / Скопски регион

Description

The Church of the Birth of the Mother of God was built in the year 1835 as Metropolitan Church of the Metropolitan of Skopje (three-naved with a porch in the North, West and South; Iconostasis from 1838) and stood in the tradition of the medieval Church of the Mother of God of "the Three Hands". It was located on the left (northern) shore of the river Vardar between the Opera of the city of Skopje and the building of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts (MANU). The church was burnt down in the year 1944 and rebuilt according to the original plans from 2004 until 2008. This church was documented by Mihailo Popović during his survey in Skopje from 13 June 2016 until 30 June 2016.

Relations

Sources (1)
Name Class Description
Survey of the Long-Term Project Tabula Imperii Byzantini (TIB) in the (Former Yugoslav) Republic of Macedonia in June 2016 Source From 13 June 2016 until 30 June 2016 the scholars of the Long-Term Project Tabula Imperii Byzantini (TIB) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna, namely Mihailo St. Popović (Project Leader Balkans of the TIB) and Peter Soustal, conducted a survey in the (Former Yugoslav) Republic of Macedonia.