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Revision as of 20:12, 23 November 2005 by Bitola (talk | contribs) (Don't put things like narcotics and violence!!!)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Kumanovo is a city in northern Republic of Macedonia.Kumanovo is believed to derive from the Cumans, a Turkic tribe who settled the area in the 12th-13th century. The city of Kumanovo is situated in the northeast of the Republic of Macedonia, 340 m. above sea level. It extends over the rivers Lipkovka and Konjarka. The first authentic information concerning Kumanovo dates back to 1519 in documents of the Istanbul Turkish archives, mentioning 52 families with about 300 inhabitants. The most comprehensive and relevant information on Kumanovo is provided by Evlija Celebija in 1660: "The colony of Kumanovo is situated on the territory of the Skopje sanjak and represents one county. The city is embellished with many rivers and 600 tile-roofs houses. The mosque in the downtown is beautiful, there are teke, medressa (Islam religion secondary school), hammam (Turkish bath), a number of shops and water mills; and the climate is pleasant and agreeable. There are many vineyards and gardens". Kumanovo became an urban settlement and administrative center of the region at the end of the XVI century or the beginning of the XVII century. Following the turbulent events (notably, the Karposh rebellion in 1689) the city experienced a period of stagnation, and by the end of XVIII century Kumanovo epitomized a Turkish provincial town. It developed economically in the late XIX century (agriculture, handcrafts and trade). Still, industrial development occurred only at the end of the Second World War. The fast growing economic, administrative and cultural expansion in Kumanovo fired up in 1945. The town's metal-processing, tobacco, agriculture, footwear and textile industries have made it an economic, trading and cultural center of approximately 135,529 people. The city and the region boast a reach history with numerous cultural and historical monuments dating back to the prehistoric period.
Culture monuments
The Church of St. George at the Monastery of Staro Nagoricane is the best known cultural and historical monument in Kumanovo. It was built in the 11th century and was reconstructed in the l4th. During its reconstruction, the fresco-painters Mihailo and Evtihij painted its walls with frescoes of exceptional skill. The oldest sites are some settlements: the Kostoperska karpa, the Bronze Age Gradiste (near the village of Pelince), the Neolithic site of Mlado Nagorichane, the Iron Age tumulus Groblje (village of Vojnik), the Roman Necropolis Drezga(village of Lopate), the Roman Settlement Vicianus(village of Klechovce), and many others. There are also some important monasteries from the later period, as the monastery Karpino, near the village of Suv Ora, XVI c., the Church of St. Petka in the village of Mlado Nagorichane, XVI c., the Eski Mosque, 1751, the Church of St. Nicolas, the Church of St. Trojca (the Holy Trinity), and the monastery in the village of Gradiste. The Chirch "St. Nicolas", masterpiece of Andreja Damjanov, surrounded by remarkable arcades, reach enterier with remarkable galeries, frescoes and furniture.The incription on the south entrance is telling the year 1851, on the same place where before was older church(with the same patron) in the famous "Varosh maalo". The Church of St. Trojca (the Holy Trinity) is known as the youngest public religious object built in 1902.This church is a product from the struggles in the XIX century by initiative of the Patriarshy. Raised in the "Karapsko maalo", nearby the patriarshy's school. The oldest object with public function in Kumanovo is said to be the old "Eski" mosque built in 1751 in that time known turkish "Orta bunar maalo", raised by Tatar Said beg. For the needs of the turkish authorities near the Eski mosque was built the "Ukumat" (building), from 1880,(on a place where before was a temporary lodgement) where the "kadija"(turkish judge) and the rest of the court and police authorities. In this building sessioned the "medzlis"(the sres committee).