Prilep

Coordinates: 412040N 213310E

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Prilep (Macedonian: [prilp]) is the fourth

largest city in the Republic of Macedonia.[2] It has a Prilep
population of 66,246 and is known as "the city under

Marko's Towers" because of its proximity to the towers of
Prince Marko.

Contents
1 Name
2 Economy
3 Demographics
4 History
Panorama of Prilep fromMarko's Towers
5 Culture
6 Language
7 Art and Architecture
8 Geography
9 Climate
10 Sports
11 Notable people
12 Twin towns sister cities
13 References
14 External links
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Name Flag

Nickname(s): "the city under Marko's Towers"

The name of the
city comes from
the Greek:

(Prilapos),[3] and
in other relevant
View of Prilep and the surrounding languages is:
Prilep
mountains
Bulgarian:
, Prilep
Aromanian: Parleap
Serbo-Croatian: Prilep, Location in the Republic of Macedonia
Turkish: Pirlepe or Perlepe
Albanian: Prlep Coordinates: 412040N 213310E
Country Macedonia
Economy Municipality Prilep Municipality
Government
Prilep is a center for high-quality tobacco and cigarettes Mayor Marjan Risteski (VMRO-DPMNE)[1]
and the metal processing, electronics, timber, textiles, and Area
food industries. The city also produces a large quantity of
City 1,194.44 km2 (461.18 sq mi)
Macedonian Bianco Sivec (pure white marble).
Elevation +620 m (2,030 ft)
Population (2002)
Tobacco is one of Prilep's traditional cash crops and City 66,246
prospers in the Macedonian climate. Many of the world's Density 64.27/km2 (166.5/sq mi)
largest cigarette makers, such as Marlboro, West and Metro 79,834
Camel use Prilep's tobacco in their cigarettes after it is Time zone CET (UTC+1)
processed in local factories such as Tutunski kombinat
Postal codes 7500
Prilep. A Tobacco Institute is established in the city in
order to produce new types of tobacco and it was the first Area code(s) (+389) 048
example of applying genetics to agriculture in the Patron saints Saint Nicholas
Balkans.. Climate Cfa
Website http://www.Prilep.gov.mk
Demographics
The overwhelming majority of the city population is Macedonian; the Macedonian population at the last census
counted 64,527. There is also a Romani minority, counting some 4,421 inhabitants, also Serbs (315) and Turks
(254).

History
Prilep was founded on the ruins of the ancient Macedonian city of Styberra
(Ancient Greek: ), first a town in Macedonia and later
incorporated into the Roman Empire. Styberra, though razed by the Goths
in 268, remained partly inhabited. The town was first mentioned as Prilep
in 1014, as the place where Tsar Samuil allegedly had a heart attack upon
seeing thousands of his soldiers had been blinded by the Byzantines after
the Battle of Kleidion. Byzantium lost it to the Second Bulgarian Empire,
but later retook it. Prilep was acquired in 1334 by Serbian King Duan and
Meeting of Bulgarian soldiers and after 1365 the town belonged to King Vukain, co-ruler of Duan's son,
partisans in Prilep, November 1944, Tzar Stefan Uro V. After the death of Vukain in 1371, Prilep was ruled
after its liberation. by his son Marko.[4] In 1395 it was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire,
of which it remained a part of until 1913, when it entered into the
Kingdom of Serbia. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Prilep was part
of the Manastir Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire. It was occupied by
Bulgaria between 17 November 1915 and 25 September 1918 during
World War I. In 1918 Prilep became part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats
and Slovenes, and from 1929 to 1941 it was part of the Vardar Banovina of
the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. On 8 April 1941, just two days after the start
of the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, Prilep was occupied by the German
Army, and on 26 April 1941 by the Bulgarian Army. Together with most
of Vardar Macedonia, Prilep was annexed by the Kingdom of Bulgaria
from 1941 to 1944. On 9 September 1944 Prilep was liberated for a short
time by the Yugoslav Partisans, but the German Army soon seized control
of the town again. Prilep was definitively liberated on 3 November 1944.
From 1944 to 1991 the town belonged to the Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia, as part of its constituent Socialist Republic of Macedonia.
Since 1991 the town has been part of the Republic of Macedonia.
Kingdom of Prilep - Realm ofPrince
Marko
Culture
One of the most important institutions in the city is the Institute of Old Slavic Culture.
An art colony is hosted in the center of Prilep in the Center of Contemporary Visual Arts. The colony
was founded in 1957 by the archaeologist Prof. Boko Babi, but organized by the initiative of Prof.
Babi and the academic painter Prof. Risto Lozanovski, making it perhaps one of the oldest colonies in
southeastern Europe and the oldest one on the Balkans, for sure. It hosts painters and sculptors (working
 in marble, metal and
wood) every year and,
periodically, it hosts
workshops and
symposia for vitrage
(glass design),
mosaics, photography,
graphics and clay,
from countries around
the world. The
collection of Photo of a panoramic view of Prilep in
A postcard of Prilep in 1915
sculptures carved in 1930
wood was
acknowledged as
a cultural heritage by the most relevant criticizers and
opinion makers. 2007 was the 50th anniversary of the
colony.
Every year in October the International Children's Music
Festival "Asterisks" brings together children from all over
the world.
Every year the Professional Theater Festival of Macedonia,
honoring Vojdan Chernodrinski, who was born in village
Selci near Struga and Debar.
The Monastery of Zrze and the Monastery of the Holy
Archangel Michael which has 12th and 14th century frescoes The mountain over Prilep -Zlatovrv
are notable sites of the culture of Prilep.
Pivofest is a yearly 4 day party held in the middle of July
that attracts around 200,000 visitors to the city. There are
international popular music acts performing nightly on the
main stage in the square as well as at the various clubs
around town. Pivofest features a growing number of foreign
and domestic beers as well as an opportunity for Prilep to
showcase its famous skara.
Prochka is a centuries-old religious holiday of forgiveness
and celebration that in 2001 found an organized
manifestation as "Prilep Carnival" and has been a member of
the Federation of European Carnival Cities since 2006.
Despite the new official name, the festival is still known as Church of the Annunciation in Prilep
Prochka by the locals and is called Prochka in the official
tourist guide. The highlight of the festival is the mask parade
which runs through the center of the town and hosts participants from multiple European countries. There
is a prize given for the best costume and many of the costumes are very elaborate. There are also
concerts, parties, and lots of traditional food during the festival which is held in February.

Language
The dialect of Prilep, in the heart of the Pelagonian plain, forms the basis for the standard Macedonian
language spoken today. When the Socialist Republic of Macedonia was created in Yugoslavia in 1944 and the
language nationally recognised the following year, Prilep, together with Veles, was chosen as the centre for the
language because of their central position on the Macedonian map.

Art and Architecture

The main square in Prilep is called "Alexandria", in honor of Alexander the Great. The reconstruction of the
square began in 2005 and it was completed in 2006. The reconstruction cost 700.000 Euros and its investor was
the city of Prilep. During the reconstruction the monument of Alexander the Great was erected, among the
other things.[5]
other things.[5]

Several ancient sites grace Prilep including one at Markovi Kuli, St.
Nicolas church from the 13th century, St. Uspenie church in
Bogorodica, St. Preobrazenie church and the Tomb of the Unconquered,
and a memorial in honor of the victims of fascism located in Prilep's
central park. A large Roman necropolis is known there and parts of
numerous walls have been found; the settlement was probably the
ancient Ceramiae[6] mentioned in the Peutinger Table.[7] Roman
remains can also be found near the Varosh monastery, built on the steep
slopes of the hill, which was later inhabited by a medieval community.
A large number of early Roman funeral monuments, some with
sculpted reliefs of the deceased or of the Thracian Rider and other
inscribed monuments of an official nature, are in the courtyard of the
church below the southern slope of Varosh. Some of the larger of those
monuments were built into the walls of the church.

The most important ancient monument is the old city of Styberra

situated on Bedem hill near epigovo, in the central region of
The Clock Tower in Prilep
Pelagonia. As early as the time of the RomanMacedonian wars, this
city was known as a base from which the Macedonian king Perseus of
Macedon set out to conquer the Penestian cities. An important site in
the area is Bela Crkva, 6 km (4 mi) west of Styberra, where the town of
Alkomenai was probably located. It was a stronghold of the
Macedonian kings after it was rebuilt in the early Roman period and
was at the Pelagonian entrance to a pass leading to Illyria. Part of the
city wall, a gate, and a few buildings of the Roman period were
uncovered here in excavations. All recent finds from these sites are in
the Museum of the City of Prilep.
Prilep railway station
The Treskavec monastery, built in the 12th century in the mountains
about 10 km (6 mi) north of Prilep under Zlatovrv peak, at the edge of a
small upland plain 1100 meters above sea level. Prilep has frescoes from the 14th and 15th centuries and is
probably the site of the early Roman town of Kolobaise. The name of the early town is recorded on a long
inscription on stone which deals with a local cult of Ephesian Artemis.[8] The inscription was reused as a base
for a cross on top of one of the church domes. Other inscriptions at Treskavec include several 1st century
Roman dedications to Apollo. The old fortress was used by the Romans, and later the Byzantines. After all,
even Tsar Samuil came here after the defeat at Belasica in 1014. During the Middle Ages, after 1371, Prince
Marko rebuilt the citadel extensively, making it an important military stronghold.

Geography
Prilep covers 1,675 km2 (647 sq mi) and is located in the northern Pelagonia plain, in southern Macedonia.
Prilep is the seat of the Prilep municipality and access is gained via the M5/E65. It is 128 km (80 mi) (airline)
from the capital Skopje, 44 km (27 mi) from Bitola, and 32 km (20 mi) from Kruevo.

Climate
 Climate data for Prilep
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average 4 6 11 17 21 26 29 29 25 19 13 5 17
high C (F) (40) (42) (51) (62) (70) (78) (84) (85) (77) (66) (55) (41) (63)
Average low 3 3 1 5 9 13 16 14 12 8 4 1 6
C (F) (27) (27) (33) (41) (49) (55) (60) (58) (53) (46) (39) (30) (43)
Average
33 30 36 53 61 56 28 28 38 66 50 61 536
precipitation
(1.3) (1) (1.4) (2.1) (2.4) (2.2) (1.1) (1.1) (1.5) (2.6) (2) (2.4) (21.1)
mm (inches)

Source: Weatherbase [9]

Sports
Prilep is the home of several sports teams, the best known are:

2000-2009
11 1999-2011

Notable people
Twin towns sister cities
Prilep is twinned with:

Zadar, Croatia
Radom, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
Garfield, New Jersey, United States
Deyang, China
Chernihiv, Ukraine[10]

The city also shares a friendship charter with Vincent, Western Australia, Australia.

References
Notes

1. "Mayor of Prilep" (http://www.prilep.gov.mk/informacii/en/

 mayor/). Municipality of Prilep. Retrieved 15 September
2015.
2. http://mapcarta.com/Prilep
3. Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprire Hammond, Migrations and
Invasions in Greece and Adjacent Areas, Noyes Press, 1976,
p.56
4. John Van Antwerp Fine (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans:
A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the
Ottoman Conquest. The University of Michigan Press. ISBN
0-472-08260-4. pp. 288, 3802.
5. Square "Alexandria" (http://www.prilep.gov.mk/index.php?o
ption=com_content&task=view&id=618&Itemid=329) on
prilep.gov.mk
6. Marijiana Ricl, "New Greek Inscriptions from Pelagonia and
Derriopos" Zeitschrift fr Papyrologie und Epigraphik 101
(1994) 151163
7. Tabula Peutingeriana-Index (http://soltdm.com/sources/mss/t
p/tops/tp_c.htm)
8. IG X,2 2 233 Northern Greece (IG X), Macedonia,
Pelagonia, Kolobaise (Treskavec) (http://epigraphy.packhu Statue in Prilep commemoratingAlexander the
m.org/inscriptions/main?url=gis%3Fregion%3D4%26subreg Great.
ion%3D11%26area%3DPelagonia%26site%3DKolobaise%2
520%28Treskavec%29)
9. "Weatherbase: Historical Weather for Prilep, Macedonia" (ht
tp://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=48531
&refer=wikipedia). Weatherbase. 2011. Retrieved on
November 24, 2011.
10. (http://www.
plusinfo.mk/vest/25740/Prilep-se-zbratimi-so-ukrainski-Cher
nigov) (in Macedonian)

External links
, Prilep
Official Prilep Government Website
Prilep Tobacco Website
Institute for Tobacco Prilep
Prilep on Cyber Macedonia
Asterisks website

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