Religious, Spiritual sights in Skopje
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Sveti Pantelejmon Monastery
For a great view of the city, take the 20-minute taxi ride up Mount Vodno to the Sveti Pantelejmon monastery with its sweet little 12th-century church and excellent traditional restaurant.
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Sveti Spas
The tiny monastery Sveti Spas was built below ground level because during Ottoman times it was illegal for a church to be taller than a mosque. It boasts an iconostasis 10m wide and 6m high, beautifully carved in the early 19th century. Look for the carvers' miniature self-portrait in the left side of the carving. Across the cloister is a room with the Tomb and Museum of Goce Delčev, independence campaigner and national hero, killed by the Ottomans in 1903.
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Memorial Room
A 2.5m bronze statue of Mother Teresa stands sentinel at the entrance to a small square, not far from the now-demolished house where she was raised. Her simple Memorial Room is in the base of an 18th-century feudal tower. A superb socialist relief fronts the Army House to the right of the tower.
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Mustafa Paša Mosque
Beyond the museum the exquisite 1492 Mustafa Paša Mosque has an earthquake-cracked dome and a shady garden with a fountain. The ruins of the Kale, across the street from the mosque, has panoramic views of Skopje from the 11th century Cyclopean wall.
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Sveti Dimitrija
Although dominated by mosques and mainly populated by Albanian Muslims, you'll find the cute 19th-century church of Sveti Dimitrija just over the bridge from Čaršija.
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Sveti Kliment Ohridski
The massive modern church of Sveti Kliment Ohridski does a good impersonation of a mosque, with its large interlocking domes and freestanding bell tower.
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