Fortification


Skopje Fortress (Skopsko Kale)

Skopje Fortress – Скопско Кале – Skopsko Kale The Skopje Fortress  is located on the old part of Skopje overlooking the Vardar River.  The fortress, perhaps protecting a lost Roman city, was built in the 6th Century during the reign of Emperor Justinian I.   Additional walls were added during the 10th […]


Samuel’s Fortress

King Samuel’s Fortress – Самуилова тврдина (Samuilova Tvrdina) A fortress on the hill in Ohrid is first mentioned by Livius in 3rd Century BC. In 969 AD, an uprising began in Macedonia against the Byzantine Empire. After the successful defeat of the Byzantines, King Samuel (also, Czar Samuil) began his reign […]