Ohrid

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Ohrid is a historic lakeside city in North Macedonia renowned as an early Slavic Christian and cultural center, famed for its medieval churches and monasteries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate with continental influences ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country North Macedonia ⓘ
demographics predominantly ethnic Macedonians ⓘ
economy fishing ⓘ
services ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasAirport Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport ⓘ
hasBodyOfWater Lake Ohrid ⓘ
hasHeritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
hasLandmark Ancient Theatre of Ohrid ⓘ
Church of St. Clement and St. Panteleimon at Plaošnik ⓘ
Church of St. John at Kaneo ⓘ
Church of St. Sophia ⓘ
Monastery of Saint Naum ⓘ
Ohrid boardwalk and port ⓘ
Robev Family House ⓘ
Samoil’s Fortress ⓘ
hasNickname Jerusalem of the Balkans ⓘ
hasUNESCOInscriptionYear 1979 for natural values ⓘ
1980 for cultural values ⓘ
heritageDesignation Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region ⓘ
heritageType mixed natural and cultural site ⓘ
historicalEra Byzantine period ⓘ
linked to: Byzantine Empire

First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
Ottoman period ⓘ
historicalRole major medieval Slavic cultural and literary center ⓘ
knownFor Slavic literacy and culture ⓘ
early Slavic Christian heritage ⓘ
lake tourism ⓘ
medieval churches ⓘ
monasteries ⓘ
old town architecture ⓘ
language Macedonian ⓘ
locatedAtElevation approximately 695 meters above sea level ⓘ
locatedIn Southwestern Region of North Macedonia ⓘ
locatedNear border of North Macedonia and Albania ⓘ
locatedOn Lake Ohrid ⓘ
nearbyCity Struga ⓘ
nearbyCountry Albania ⓘ
partOf Balkans ⓘ
religionHistory important center of early Christianity among Slavs ⓘ
seat of the medieval Ohrid Archbishopric ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time ⓘ
transport connected by road to Skopje ⓘ

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Lake Ohrid → locatedNear → city of Ohrid ⓘ
linked to: Ohrid
Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region → locatedIn → Lake Ohrid region ⓘ
linked to: Ohrid
Cetinje → twinTown → Ohrid ⓘ
Montebelluna → twinTown → Ohrid ⓘ
Lychnidus → followedBy → Ohrid ⓘ
Lychnidus → modernSiteNear → Ohrid ⓘ
Struga → locatedNear → Ohrid ⓘ
subject linked to: city of Struga
Pogradec → nearbyCity → Ohrid (across Lake Ohrid) ⓘ
subject linked to: town of Pogradec
linked to: Ohrid
Struga → locatedNear → Ohrid ⓘ
Struga → distanceTo → Ohrid (approximately 15 km) ⓘ
linked to: Ohrid
Church of St. Panteleimon at Plaošnik → locatedIn → Ohrid ⓘ
Church of St. Panteleimon at Plaošnik → locatedIn → Ohrid Municipality ⓘ
linked to: Ohrid
Church of St. Panteleimon at Plaošnik → near → Ohrid Old Town ⓘ
linked to: Ohrid
Samoil’s Fortress in Ohrid → hasViewOf → Ohrid Old Town ⓘ
linked to: Ohrid
Samoil’s Fortress in Ohrid → near → Ohrid Lake shore ⓘ
linked to: Ohrid
Church of St. John at Kaneo → locatedNear → old town of Ohrid ⓘ
linked to: Ohrid
Church of St. Sophia → partOf → Ohrid old town ⓘ
linked to: Ohrid
Ancient Theatre of Ohrid → hasView → Ohrid old town ⓘ
linked to: Ohrid
Ohrid boardwalk and port → nearbyAttraction → Ohrid city center ⓘ
linked to: Ohrid