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Buerkel/Schmidt-Annaberg 1919

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ID 135730
System Class Bibliography
Bibliography Book
Case Study The Central Powers in the Region of Prilep-Bitola during WW I

Description

Ludwig von Buerkel/Hans Schmidt-Annaberg, Bilder vom mazedonischen Kriegsschauplatz (München 1919).

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Places (2)
Name Class Begin End Description
Monastery of Treskavec Place The Monastery of the Holy Mother of God known as Treskavec is located to the North of the city of Prilepat below the rocky mountain peak Zlatovrv. The oldest part of its main church (katholikon), dedicated to the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God, dates back to the end of the 12th century or the first half of the 13th century, whereas considerable construction works in the same church were carried out during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos (reigned 1282-1328) and several decades later, between 1330 and 1350. The upper part of one of the attached photographs shows the Monastery of Treskavec during the First World War. Its title "Kloster Varos" is misleading, because this monastery lies, as mentioned above, in the mountains to the North of the town of Prilep and is not situated in the Old Town (Varoš) of Prilep. During our survey in the area of research in May 2025 we took a photograph from the same angle as the one published in Bilder vom mazedonischen Kriegsschauplatz (München 1919), which facilitates a comparison and helps us to understand, in which way the monument has changed over time.
Sirkovo, Old Well Place German photographs from the First World War show an old well in the village of Sirkovo built, amongst others, with a spolium having a Latin inscription of the Roman Emperor Hadrian (reigned 117-138). During a survey in the region in May 2025 we visited the village of Sirkovo, where a local called Sašo explained to us that the well still existed (without inscription), when he was a child, and that it has been destroyed in order to build the main road through the village. Sašo showed us the place, where the well formerly stood.