Magnolia Square

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Vergina Sun fountain at the square

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.

See also

  • Town square
  • Public place

References

  1. ^ Identitäten und Imaginationen der Bevölkerung in Grenzräumen. LIT Verlag. 2011. p. 221. ISBN 9783643107572.
  2. ^ [1] The history of Bitola (MKD)
  3. ^ "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
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