Magnolia Square (Macedonian: Плоштад Магнолија, romanized: Ploštad Magnolija) is a public space and a town square of the City of Bitola, located near the Clock Tower.[1] Around the square are old houses from the Macedonian and Ottoman architecture that are purchased from various companies, firms and coffee bars. Bitola, which was a major cultural center[2] in the Ottoman Empire has very interesting buildings from the Turks from which many on Main Street and Magnolia Square.[clarification needed] Also there is an art gallery "Magaza" and the newly built "Glass Building". Bitola in cooperation with the Government of Macedonia made the monument The Founder of Heraclea Statue[3] that is 8.5m high and around it a fountain with the Vergina Sun on it, and benches for sitting and resting.
Magnolia Square | |
|---|---|
| Public square | |
.jpg) Magnolia Square with the Philip II Statue | |
| Features | Statues Philip II Statue |
| Surface | stone |
| Location | Jorgo Osmano, City of Bitola, North Macedonia |
  Magnolia Square | |
| Coordinates: 41°01′48″N 21°20′06″E / 41.0301029°N 21.3350791°E | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Identitäten und Imaginationen der Bevölkerung in Grenzräumen. LIT Verlag. 2011. p. 221. ISBN 9783643107572.
- ^ [1] The history of Bitola (MKD)
- ^ "TIME.mk - страница за вести". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2011-10-27. Statue of Philip II of Macedonia in Bitola's city square (MKD)
External links
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- [3] Archived 2012-03-31 at the Wayback Machine
- [4] Archived 2011-08-23 at the Wayback Machine