architecture is Marko's Monastery which was built by Prince Marko in the 1366. The Churches of St. Nikita and St.
Andrea both date from the 1300s and share Byzantine characteristics. The Church
of Holy Mother of God was built in 1204 and later completely destroyed
in a fire. The old church was previously rebuilt and consecrated in 1835, but
destroyed during the 1963 Skopje earthquake. The present-day church's
reconstruction began on 2 October 2002. Despite Ottoman policies prohibiting
