Skopje Sights

Sveti Spas

#3 of 32 things to do in Skopje

#3 of 32 things to do in Skopje

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  • Address
    • Čaršija
  • Hours
    • 09:00-17:00 Tue-Fri, to 15:00 Sat & Sun

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Lonely Planet review for 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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