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Macedonia Square and the Stone Bridge

The main square, with a towering bronze warrior on horseback, linked to the bazaar by an Ottoman stone bridge.

Photo: kallerna · CC BY-SA 4.0
Open
Always
Price
Free
Time Needed
1 hour
Address
Ploštad Makedonija, 1000 SkopjeDirections
Getting There
In the center, on the south bank of the Vardar.

Why Go

The government's 'Skopje 2014' project filled the center with statues, fountains and new classical buildings; the 'Warrior on a Horse', a thinly veiled Alexander the Great, rises 22 meters over the square. The 15th-century Stone Bridge, the city's symbol, crosses the Vardar to the bazaar.

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