Bitola

Macedonia / Bitola /

Old names:
1. Heraclea Linkestis (founded by Phillip 2. Macedonian, named after Hercules, and the tribe Lynx);
2. Obitel (old macedonian word for: 1. family, 2, monastery), called after the monastery located on that place.
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Bitola (Битола) is a city in the southwestern part of the Republic of Macedonia. It is an administrative, cultural, industrial, commercial and educational centre. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba and Nidže mountains, 14 km north of the Medžitlija-Níki border crossing with Greece. It is an important junction connecting the south of the Adriatic Sea with the Aegean Sea and Central Europe. It is known from the Ottoman period as "the city of the consuls", as many European countries had consulates in Bitola. According to some sources Bitola is the second largest town in the country and by others the third. Bitola is also centre of the Bitola municipality.
(Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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Coordinates:   41°2'4"N   21°19'35"E

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