Smilevo Congress. Bigla Mountain

Smilevo (Home of Dame Gruev)

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Smilevo – Смилево This village is best known for the Battle of Smilevo, the start of the Ilinden Uprising against the Ottoman Empire on the 2nd of August in 1903.  It is also famous for one of its native sons, Dame Gruev, one of the founders and leaders of the […]