Поздрав нашој браћи Македонцима из Србије. Битољ је прелеп, као и цела та намучена замља са дивним људима. Био сам много пута у Македонији. Служио сам војску у Штипу 1982. Надам се да ћу поново бити у прилици да дођем. Бог вас чувао.
I was in Bitola in 1989. I was visiting my grandfather's/dad's village to the south. They left just before world war 2. They took a train across Europe and then a ship to Canada. I also got to meet extended family members in the Skopje. Crazy my dad and grandfather never saw their home country again after they left. Thank for the video!
Before you answer if Macedonians were greeks, Please answer if slavs were Macedonians, or if Macedonians were slavs. And After For that you anwser if the traditional Culture civilization For Ancients Macedonians were near to Greek traditional Culture civilization or to Slavic. Ask your self. And Waiting Your anwser After 10 days of thinking About it.
Nobody but nobody does this better than you Gabe. Respect and thanks for introducing the world simply and beautifully places we might never see understood and appreciated by you. You are an inspiration without ever trying to be. That in my humble opinion is your greatest gift.
Ма како!! Ако поставувачот не сваќа дека Битола не се наоѓа на СЕВЕРНА Македониа, тогаш за џабе. Неговиот тип не е добродојден кај нас. Нека стои во Охрид поркрај езерото. Така на сите му кажувам кога не не почитуваат како луѓе. Низ бившата Југославија, сите познаваат дека сме само Македонија и волно. Поздрав! 😊
sorry to be offtopic but does anyone know of a tool to log back into an Instagram account? I was stupid forgot my account password. I would appreciate any tips you can give me.
Where is the best place to go in Macedonia? Bitola looks good to me because its near the border and I'd like to see Albania as well and to greece, and also the roman ruins as I love ancient history. Where else should I consider?
When our heart wants your tour documents , surprisingly we are getting your new video !!! Please kindly go ahead as far as you can . May Almighty bless you always!
Thank You for the video. Yugoslav passport was one of the few with which a person could travel freely through both the East and West during the Cold War.
So true Sanja ! Life was good in Yu, there was abundance in a simple way, more respect and discipline, stability... during socialism some people were dreaming of capitalism, now when they got capitalism they keep crying of past socialism...there is no perfect society and never were and will be....impotrant is to recognise good in everything.... Take care Sanja, be happy, hope the life is treating you well 😊
@AmeriKa1050 Well i am only saying from my perspective....properties were not stolen....do research...new regime new rules....there had to be a balance between the two...(as some previous owners from previous royal regime were too "stealing" from the poor and there was a big grab of the lands....so please do your own homework....as there is no end to argue about this... and those who flee the country that's another story with different reasons....even today people flee those countries for different more "gentle" reasons...just look at the numbers !! Cheers
@@mp7519 What are you talking about? They were absolutely stolen, the communist thugs stole from both sides of my family. Gangs of peasants descended from the mountains and stole by force and weapons things that people in most cases went across the oceans to aquire with blood and sweat.
@@Anticommunism99 No actually she was Serbian, just like your ancestors, but now you call yourselves by the Khazarian name of those that conquered you. Sad.
@@Anticommunism99 "Togarmah was linked to medieval Turkic peoples by Jewish-Khazar traditions. The Khazar ruler Joseph ben Aaron (c. 960) writes in his letters: "You ask us also in your epistle: "Of what people, of what family, and of what tribe are you?" Know that we are descended from Japhet, through his son Togarmah. I have found in the genealogical books of my ancestors that Togarmah had ten sons." He then goes on to enumerate ten names that can be identified as contemporary tribes living near the Black and Caspian Seas:[5][6] "Ujur" (Uyghur), "Tauris" (Tauri), "Avar" (Avar), "Uguz" (Oghuz), "Bizal", "Tarna", "Chazar" (Khazar), "Janur", "Bulgar" (Bulgar) and "Sawir"." en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togarmah You don't even know the origin of the name of your country, and you claim to know something about history? 🤣🤣🤣 Your own name - Борислав - says that you are Slavic, but you defend the false history invented by the Khazarian invaders that conquered the Thracians (Rasians/Rašani/Slavs.) Embarrassing.
I did a trip trough Macedonia 2 years ago. Up to this video you are going exactly the same path I chose. Skopije-Ohrid-Bitola. My next city, after Bitola was Krusevo.
I so love your videos. They make the viewer feel like they are there and it is not all glossed over like an advertisement. And if things go wrong - like a walk which goes nowhere - you film it which is great because it is just the sort of thing tourists encounter - so the viewer can relate to it. I am always fascinated by your accommodation and food😄. You are very non-judgmental and respectful wherever you go. I just hope you get to enjoy things without the filming too. Best wishes.
skopje (centrum) looks a bit kitch to me. ohrid with the lake looks awesome in gabriel's vid. bitola is also very charming but second to wonderfull ohrid. just my opinion.
another charming town. great video as always. keep them coming! as an old subscriber i feel kinda proud for this channel. you just can't disappoint us. take care our friend and greetings from meteora
Hi Gabriel, The city seems a bit quiet but no less fascinating there still seems to be a fascination with Roman and Greek history I'm sure it has to do with the integration and influences on the culture even today .
Bitola was called the consul city in the past 2 centuries and the Turks second diplomatic city after Solun or Thessaloniki in the Balkans. It is a beautiful city with amazing people and nightlife but a shadow of Its past glory. Hope you had an amazing time in Macedonia. You are welcomed here anytime. Cheers.
Same here! Place of art and culture at its best and display of human nature at its worst (gladiators). The continuation of it all is amazing too. Music and opera, bullfighting and Gaddafi’s televised executions at stadiums every Saturday in the 70s, to mention few .....
Great video Gabriel, really made me feel like I'm back home again! The restaurant Ravenna is where my grandma used to work, and If I remember correctly, the password was: 12345678. I also saw my aunt walking around Sirok Sokak in this video, she was surprised when she heard! :D
Woow, im from Bitola my self but born in sweden, i dident know alot of stuff u was talking about, ty for the facts and a lovely video of my beautiful city Bitola!
If u want to know something more about jewish comunity in Bitola , Monastir contact me. Jewish comunity was one the most active in my town for 500 years till holocaust! Ask me what ever u want it will be my pleasure to explain u everything ..
I just returned from North Macedonia on Monday. Stayed in Skopje and visited many cities including Bitola. Video was great but it's more beautiful in person!
Wow! Great hotel, food all very reasonable! I love the ancient ruins, you can tell by the tiles that definitely is royalty... wish you had a guide to go over it with more explanation and extended the video on the site.... it seems Gabriel we just cant seem to get enough! Lol Stay safe!
I like the shirt Gabe. I notice the high (main) street is full of shops. If you walk down a typical UK high street it's mainly charity shops, real estate agents, betting shops and coffee shops. Proper shops killed off by supermarkets, out of town shopping malls and online sales.
As someone who is Macedonian this was an amazing video (the place where you got the hot dog is one of my favourite places to eat in Macedonia actually :D )
That ascent city is awesome but i dont like that beautiful mosaics on floors are left on open ,on rain ,snow ..its just very rear to see color that survive 2000 years so i dont thing is good that they left it on open to degrade
Hey Gabriel, welcome & thank you for coming to Macedonia. I would love to recommend you to check out Mavrovo National park and it's saint Jovan bigorski monastery, Krusevo, Kokino the megalithic observatory in Kumanovo, & Pelister national park. Thank you for coming to my country.
I have no idea how I came across your channel and this video, but so glad I did; this is very cool! I'm in Canada, but my dad is from Bitola. I was fortunate enough to visit macedonia and see Heraklea as a kid. Its been too long... I have to go back again! Thanks again for this. Time to check out your other videos 🤙
Bitola was the most european pro west city in the balkan Otoman time. Cultural, military , and administrative center. But was the mOst bombarded city in the world in WW1! And many of the beautiful buildings and old neo classic architecture was forever lost. No matter of that ..still is the most beautiful town in Macedonia
@@rocco... yes! Im interested in history, especially my town history. Its one sad but beautiful story . If u wanna know something more about my city contact me. It will be my pleasure
@@TomiBT87 So much history surrounds you.Where does one begin. You must cross over to Albania often. Love to go to that part of the world. I'm hoping soon because I want to go to Turkey and get some dental work done. Far cheaper than where I live in British Columbia.
@@rocco... well bitola was first formed from Philip! The Alexander the Great father ! in just 10 minutes from my home pass the most famous Roman road Via Ignatia! Next to Heraclea Linkestis! Road who connected Rome with Minor Asia . Road used from Roman Legions and crussaders. Also on the north site we have medieval churches from 9 century! Almost all medieval churches in town more than 50! were crushed from the Otomans for revenge! Because Bitola was the biggest monsk city ! the only city that put up fierce resistance against the Turks! In 1830 became the major war and administrative city ! With more than 15 international consuls! The pro west culture and trends was huge in my town ! Thats why architecture is so beautiful for this part of the 🌎. But like i said..the war front in ww1 passed tro yhe city. More than 500 thousands bombs were dropped! The most devastated city in the world, together with Verden from 🇫🇷! 80% of the famous architecture, beautiful buildings were lost forever. With just 20% of the preserved architecture. .bitola is still number 1 city in Macedonia. Another interesting think is that Bitola was home on many Jews from Spain and Portugal . They came here in 1500 year. They, put huge culural impact in my town. Especially with their Spanish and Portuguese culture..putting another color in the city. They were completely all deported in ww2 in Treblinka ! All theirs homes, buildings are still empty and mistical ..they were 30% of entire population in the town. Yes, history is very interesting here
What's with North Macedonians denying historical truths? The entire world community recognized your country under the name of North Macedonia 2 years ago, and there's so many of you denying a historical event that happened only 2 years ago
Also, I had a feeling that you were going to [North] Macedonia from Serbia given that it was located "next door" and for the reason that you had not traveled there. Well, to my recollection after having watched virtually all of your videos starting from 2015 (when I became your subscriber) to today
You made me more proud Gabriel to be born Greek from Chania Crete and yes if you can cross the Greek border you can visit my late father’s hometown Serres, I have relatives... you’ll be in good hands .. enjoy your stay buddy
MAKEDONIJA vo BIBLIJA SPOMNATA 33 PATI. pred 20 veka avtori na BIBLIJA -- ISUSOVI Apostoli. Apostol Pavle ima Poslanie kade toj zboruva za Lidija Makedonka ! !
Another nice town. I was thinking, the Balkans is such an old historical developed area, and the weather is good, the countryside seems so green and fertile there, yet it seems to be kind of an underpopulated area. I thought Europe was very crowded? Why don't more people move there?
Yeah, this is great part of the world for living but economies were never strong here as in western Europe, so people are constantly moving to the west. But even if everyone returned this would still not be overpopulated part of the world, there's space for at least 3 times more. And the insane thing is there's plenty of fertile land but since the fall of socialism degree of cultivation has been going down all the time cause now it is cheaper to import mass produced food from the outside than produce your own, it's globalization insanity
@@AleksandarGospic Yes you have such nice land there, you should grow food there. Well the Balkans has lots of room to grow, it will be the future hotspot in Europe.
Every thing is clean and fertile just because we are not overpopulated. I wouldn’t like if we don’t have all this clean water and so much green land. And we do grow food but not so many people do it so we need more from outside altho we prefer in stores our food
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Поздрав нашој браћи Македонцима из Србије. Битољ је прелеп, као и цела та намучена замља са дивним људима. Био сам много пута у Македонији. Служио сам војску у Штипу 1982. Надам се да ћу поново бити у прилици да дођем. Бог вас чувао.
I was in Bitola in 1989. I was visiting my grandfather's/dad's village to the south. They left just before world war 2. They took a train across Europe and then a ship to Canada. I also got to meet extended family members in the Skopje. Crazy my dad and grandfather never saw their home country again after they left. Thank for the video!
Before you answer if Macedonians were greeks, Please answer if slavs were Macedonians, or if Macedonians were slavs.
And After For that you anwser if the traditional Culture civilization For Ancients Macedonians were near to Greek traditional Culture civilization or to Slavic.
Ask your self. And Waiting Your anwser After 10 days of thinking About it.
@@ysti6552 Oto german make Greece before 190 years.
MACEDONIANS 25 CENTURIES from FILIP KING ON MAKEDONIJA .
Nobody but nobody does this better than you Gabe. Respect and thanks for introducing the world simply and beautifully places we might never see understood and appreciated by you. You are an inspiration without ever trying to be. That in my humble opinion is your greatest gift.
Greetings from Bitola, Thank you for showing our beautiful city to the world 😊
Hi romina
Ма како!! Ако поставувачот не сваќа дека Битола не се наоѓа на СЕВЕРНА Македониа, тогаш за џабе. Неговиот тип не е добродојден кај нас. Нека стои во Охрид поркрај езерото. Така на сите му кажувам кога не не почитуваат како луѓе. Низ бившата Југославија, сите познаваат дека сме само Македонија и волно. Поздрав! 😊
sorry to be offtopic but does anyone know of a tool to log back into an Instagram account?
I was stupid forgot my account password. I would appreciate any tips you can give me.
hey do u live there
Where is the best place to go in Macedonia? Bitola looks good to me because its near the border and I'd like to see Albania as well and to greece, and also the roman ruins as I love ancient history. Where else should I consider?
That floor looks like carpet from Persia, so amazing. Thank you Gabriel for showing us Heraclea.
:) Yes my impression too .
When our heart wants your tour documents , surprisingly we are getting your new video !!! Please kindly go ahead as far as you can . May Almighty bless you always!
Love seeing you shine some light on places that are not as popular for travel 👍
Macedonian people are so friendly, love from America!
Awh ty!
Thanks :D
Thank You for the video. Yugoslav passport was one of the few with which a person could travel freely through both the East and West during the Cold War.
So true Sanja ! Life was good in Yu, there was abundance in a simple way, more respect and discipline, stability... during socialism some people were dreaming of capitalism, now when they got capitalism they keep crying of past socialism...there is no perfect society and never were and will be....impotrant is to recognise good in everything.... Take care Sanja, be happy, hope the life is treating you well 😊
@AmeriKa1050 Well i am only saying from my perspective....properties were not stolen....do research...new regime new rules....there had to be a balance between the two...(as some previous owners from previous royal regime were too "stealing" from the poor and there was a big grab of the lands....so please do your own homework....as there is no end to argue about this... and those who flee the country that's another story with different reasons....even today people flee those countries for different more "gentle" reasons...just look at the numbers !! Cheers
I agree, u are right.
@@mp7519 What are you talking about? They were absolutely stolen, the communist thugs stole from both sides of my family. Gangs of peasants descended from the mountains and stole by force and weapons things that people in most cases went across the oceans to aquire with blood and sweat.
@@mp7519 comunism is the most vile and morally corrupt ideology in the history, people who glorify it either never lived under it or were the thieves.
How lucky you are to visit all these beautiful towns 👌🌏💖
My great grandmother is from Bitola and I've never been... So embarrassing. Thank you for the video.
@@Anticommunism99 No actually she was Serbian, just like your ancestors, but now you call yourselves by the Khazarian name of those that conquered you. Sad.
@@Anticommunism99 😂
@@Anticommunism99
"Togarmah was linked to medieval Turkic peoples by Jewish-Khazar traditions. The Khazar ruler Joseph ben Aaron (c. 960) writes in his letters:
"You ask us also in your epistle: "Of what people, of what family, and of what tribe are you?" Know that we are descended from Japhet, through his son Togarmah. I have found in the genealogical books of my ancestors that Togarmah had ten sons."
He then goes on to enumerate ten names that can be identified as contemporary tribes living near the Black and Caspian Seas:[5][6] "Ujur" (Uyghur), "Tauris" (Tauri), "Avar" (Avar), "Uguz" (Oghuz), "Bizal", "Tarna", "Chazar" (Khazar), "Janur", "Bulgar" (Bulgar) and "Sawir"."
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Togarmah
You don't even know the origin of the name of your country, and you claim to know something about history? 🤣🤣🤣
Your own name - Борислав - says that you are Slavic, but you defend the false history invented by the Khazarian invaders that conquered the Thracians (Rasians/Rašani/Slavs.) Embarrassing.
@@marijadjuric8751 why u replying to TATARS?? 😀
Much love from Bitola Macedonia! Come whatever u want 😊
Bitola is very pretty. Greetings to our dear Macedonian friends!
I'm happy to see that you visit my city BITOLA IN THE ❤️
I did a trip trough Macedonia 2 years ago. Up to this video you are going exactly the same path I chose. Skopije-Ohrid-Bitola. My next city, after Bitola was Krusevo.
That's a nice clean and quaint place to stay.
I so love your videos. They make the viewer feel like they are there and it is not all glossed over like an advertisement. And if things go wrong - like a walk which goes nowhere - you film it which is great because it is just the sort of thing tourists encounter - so the viewer can relate to it. I am always fascinated by your accommodation and food😄. You are very non-judgmental and respectful wherever you go. I just hope you get to enjoy things without the filming too. Best wishes.
Love these videos Gabriel please keep them coming!
Good to see you getting out in this most challenging of years, Gabe!
Beautiful video of a beautiful town. Thank you Gabriel for showcasing Bitola :) .
Bitola. Moj. Roden. KrajJas. The. SakamZatebe. Pisuvam such a beautiful City hello from Melbourne Australia I hope next summer I visited the Bitola
I like Bitola more than Scopia or Ohrid. It's on my short list now. Thanks for letting us know this beautiful city.
skopje (centrum) looks a bit kitch to me. ohrid with the lake looks awesome in gabriel's vid. bitola is also very charming but second to wonderfull ohrid. just my opinion.
Skopje*
Struga and Ohrid are the most beautiful cities in Macedonia.
I may have a bit of bias. I'm an ethnic Albanian from Struga lol
I live in the US though.
@@Wolverine-ky9gk POZDRAV ! ! ! Tatjana od MAKEDONIJA
I love you Gabe because of the way you have to talk about places. 😊😊😊😊
love a person you don't even know personally. nd i do like him TH-cam videos,
another charming town. great video as always. keep them coming! as an old subscriber i feel kinda proud for this channel. you just can't disappoint us. take care our friend and greetings from meteora
Hi Gabriel, The city seems a bit quiet but no less fascinating there still seems to be a fascination with Roman and Greek history I'm sure it has to do with the integration and influences on the culture even today .
Street art is amazing lots of good artists their💥👍
Wow. Those ruins at the end are amazing.
Macedonia,beautiful as always.
Which ancient historian states that the city of Skopia or Scupi was part of Macedonia?
@@captainjack6010 SKOPJE 25 VEKA vo MAKEDONIJA.
ti... u banderi.
Tnx for the lovely presentation of my city. U should go in National park Pelister also. Its beautiful there.
Greetings
Bitola was called the consul city in the past 2 centuries and the Turks second diplomatic city after Solun or Thessaloniki in the Balkans. It is a beautiful city with amazing people and nightlife but a shadow of Its past glory. Hope you had an amazing time in Macedonia. You are welcomed here anytime. Cheers.
Gabriel, your travel videos inspire me to travel the world. I really appreciate the amount of work you put in these videos.
Dang son 3 full days (videos) of the amazing country of Makedonski. You knocked out of the park my friend!
Cool video, hope you plan on making more videos in Macedonia, it's such a little known country in Europe...I'm intrigued
Thanks, Gabriel, for another most interesting video! Travel safely!
Hey good timing, my favourite traveler
Alina McLoud is auch very good.
Gabe love your content. Keep producing
Thanks for another great video. Shalom. 🙏
Another great video Gabe.
Never been to Northern Macedonia so really informative and interesting.
Great work.
Thank you Gabriel for all you bring to TH-cam!
These videos of North Macedonia are superb. Looking forward to the next one 😊
Hum
We are no north... We are only MACEDONIA
I'm always fascinated with amphitheatres for some reason.
Same here! Place of art and culture at its best and display of human nature at its worst (gladiators). The continuation of it all is amazing too. Music and opera, bullfighting and Gaddafi’s televised executions at stadiums every Saturday in the 70s, to mention few .....
Great video Gabriel, really made me feel like I'm back home again! The restaurant Ravenna is where my grandma used to work, and If I remember correctly, the password was: 12345678. I also saw my aunt walking around Sirok Sokak in this video, she was surprised when she heard! :D
No way, very cool.
My friend's family owns the restaurant now and i think the password is somewhat simillar still🤣
Your place to,stay is so nice look very modern. Thanks for sharing great place to visit 👍🙏❤️😊
Great! Yesterday while watching the Ohrid video I was hoping you were going to visit Bitola and do a video about it!!!
Hello.. Gabriel.. Amazing country.. Mille grazie.. Excellent work of you.. 🍀
Gabriel bravo za tebe sto go prezentiras kaako sto nekogas go narekuvale grad na konzulite. Pozdrav od Skopje S. Makedonija.👍👍👍👍👍👍
Really nice
Great job again 👍👍
Nailed it again Gabriel 👍🍻
Woow, im from Bitola my self but born in sweden, i dident know alot of stuff u was talking about, ty for the facts and a lovely video of my beautiful city Bitola!
Thanks for coming to my home town and showing it nicely
Hello Gabriel thank you very much for your information
Just found out my grandmas family are from (Monastir) Bitola.
Immigrated to Israel in the very beginning of the 20th century, so cool.
If u want to know something more about jewish comunity in Bitola , Monastir contact me. Jewish comunity was one the most active in my town for 500 years till holocaust! Ask me what ever u want it will be my pleasure to explain u everything ..
I liked the video.
Very interesting ruins.
Thank you.
Very cool!
Thank you Gabriel
Amazing area man ! 👌👍🙏
The food in the beginning looks so delicious
Panter Panta true but isn’t that Shopska Salat, not “Greek salad”?
Panter Panta would love to try it out
Nice video man, great to know this city
Very nice and authentic,well preserved,I have the impression all Macedonian cities are like that.
I just returned from North Macedonia on Monday. Stayed in Skopje and visited many cities including Bitola. Video was great but it's more beautiful in person!
So-called North don't exist! ;)
You mean guaranteed
Republic of MACEDONIA! ❤🇲🇰😁
Beautiful Bitola
Wow! Great hotel, food all very reasonable! I love the ancient ruins, you can tell by the tiles that definitely is royalty... wish you had a guide to go over it with more explanation and extended the video on the site.... it seems Gabriel we just cant seem to get enough! Lol Stay safe!
Such a lovely city. I prefer Ohrid, Prilep and Bitola over the capital. Greetings from Serbia!
All illyrian citys 🤦🏻♂️
@@jonselimi8073.....
IN MAKEDONIJA ----- EVERYTHING IS MACEDONIAN .
Those mosaics at those ruins are Epic!!
Great video my dear I love it so mach God bless you stay safe
Thanks, have a good one.
Great video love from North Macedonia, BItola
Thank you again it’s a wonderful distraction from the pandemic stay safe friend
I like the shirt Gabe. I notice the high (main) street is full of shops. If you walk down a typical UK high street it's mainly charity shops, real estate agents, betting shops and coffee shops. Proper shops killed off by supermarkets, out of town shopping malls and online sales.
Awesome video as always! Greetings from Guadalajara (in Aguascalientes and Zacatecas this week making videos myself)!
Nice video!
As someone who is Macedonian this was an amazing video (the place where you got the hot dog is one of my favourite places to eat in Macedonia actually :D )
always enjoy your videos gabe.
That ascent city is awesome but i dont like that beautiful mosaics on floors are left on open ,on rain ,snow ..its just very rear to see color that survive 2000 years so i dont thing is good that they left it on open to degrade
The mosaics are covered and protected during the winter time :)
Yep Bitola has Broad way :) Sirok sokak
These floor mosaics are amazing,Macedonia is truly beautiful!,...
So visit Dion in Makedonia /Greece to admire a perfect mosaic of about 110m2. It was built a museum especially for that.
@@gladcameron597............. eat suflaki .
in Greece.
you the man!
good to see other cities
GABE....WANTED TO EXTEND HAPPY NAME DAY ST GABRIELS- THE MESSENGER ANGEL- ALWAYS EDUCATING US WITH YOUR AWESOME JOURNEYS...CHEERS..STAY SAFE
Thanks for visiting Bitola and not only Skopje and Ohrid like most of the other youtubers...
Great video Gabriel!
My native town Bitola is my beauty
just like being on hol ! you even moved the camera when you crossed the road.😃😃😃😃😃
Najubava je mojata Bitola💓💓💓
Hey Gabriel, welcome & thank you for coming to Macedonia. I would love to recommend you to check out Mavrovo National park and it's saint Jovan bigorski monastery, Krusevo, Kokino the megalithic observatory in Kumanovo, & Pelister national park. Thank you for coming to my country.
I could watch these videos all day 😉
I have no idea how I came across your channel and this video, but so glad I did; this is very cool! I'm in Canada, but my dad is from Bitola. I was fortunate enough to visit macedonia and see Heraklea as a kid. Its been too long... I have to go back again! Thanks again for this.
Time to check out your other videos 🤙
Cool, enjoy the adventure.
You are the best Gabriel...
Dang! Thar is some purtty architecture in dat der town.🎨
Bitola was the most european pro west city in the balkan Otoman time. Cultural, military , and administrative center. But was the mOst bombarded city in the world in WW1! And many of the beautiful buildings and old neo classic architecture was forever lost.
No matter of that ..still is the most beautiful town in Macedonia
@@TomiBT87 Like so much more throughout Europe. Perhaps heads of state have learned their lesson after WW II. So far so good. Do you live in Bitola?
@@rocco... yes! Im interested in history, especially my town history. Its one sad but beautiful story . If u wanna know something more about my city contact me. It will be my pleasure
@@TomiBT87 So much history surrounds you.Where does one begin. You must cross over to Albania often. Love to go to that part of the world. I'm hoping soon because I want to go to Turkey and get some dental work done. Far cheaper than where I live in British Columbia.
@@rocco... well bitola was first formed from Philip! The Alexander the Great father ! in just 10 minutes from my home pass the most famous Roman road Via Ignatia! Next to Heraclea Linkestis! Road who connected Rome with Minor Asia . Road used from Roman Legions and crussaders. Also on the north site we have medieval churches from 9 century! Almost all medieval churches in town more than 50! were crushed from the Otomans for revenge! Because Bitola was the biggest monsk city ! the only city that put up fierce resistance against the Turks!
In 1830 became the major war and administrative city ! With more than 15 international consuls! The pro west culture and trends was huge in my town ! Thats why architecture is so beautiful for this part of the 🌎. But like i said..the war front in ww1 passed tro yhe city. More than 500 thousands bombs were dropped! The most devastated city in the world, together with Verden from 🇫🇷! 80% of the famous architecture, beautiful buildings were lost forever. With just 20% of the preserved architecture. .bitola is still number 1 city in Macedonia.
Another interesting think is that Bitola was home on many Jews from Spain and Portugal . They came here in 1500 year. They, put huge culural impact in my town. Especially with their Spanish and Portuguese culture..putting another color in the city. They were completely all deported in ww2 in Treblinka ! All theirs homes, buildings are still empty and mistical ..they were 30% of entire population in the town.
Yes, history is very interesting here
Haven't seen that many videos from Bitola haha! Great stuff, Gabe :)
8:50 I see my boy, Hrom is up in Bitola! Respect to the Skopje crew!
Only MACEDONIA, not north. You visited my city, hope you enjoyed Bitola. It’s the best Macedonian city. Very proud city and its citizens.
What's with North Macedonians denying historical truths? The entire world community recognized your country under the name of North Macedonia 2 years ago, and there's so many of you denying a historical event that happened only 2 years ago
@@danielivanov1617..... enjoy .
MACEDONIANS 25 CENTURIES from FILIP KING ON MAKEDONIJA .
Also, I had a feeling that you were going to [North] Macedonia from Serbia given that it was located "next door" and for the reason that you had not traveled there. Well, to my recollection after having watched virtually all of your videos starting from 2015 (when I became your subscriber) to today
Beautiful little city
thenk you for video🇲🇰🇲🇰🇲🇰
The women seem ridiculously beautiful here - wow.
They are ffs
So are the men!
This was an awesome video, with amazing culture and history.
You made me more proud Gabriel to be born Greek from Chania Crete and yes if you can cross the Greek border you can visit my late father’s hometown Serres, I have relatives... you’ll be in good hands .. enjoy your stay buddy
Macedonia is Macedonian and not Greek. Read the bible Crete.
MAKEDONIJA vo BIBLIJA SPOMNATA 33 PATI. pred 20 veka
avtori na BIBLIJA -- ISUSOVI Apostoli. Apostol Pavle ima Poslanie
kade toj zboruva za Lidija Makedonka ! !
Beautiful
I noticed you have 420k subscribers. I know a good way to celebrate that...
My beloved city
Another nice town. I was thinking, the Balkans is such an old historical developed area, and the weather is good, the countryside seems so green and fertile there, yet it seems to be kind of an underpopulated area. I thought Europe was very crowded? Why don't more people move there?
Yeah, this is great part of the world for living but economies were never strong here as in western Europe, so people are constantly moving to the west. But even if everyone returned this would still not be overpopulated part of the world, there's space for at least 3 times more. And the insane thing is there's plenty of fertile land but since the fall of socialism degree of cultivation has been going down all the time cause now it is cheaper to import mass produced food from the outside than produce your own, it's globalization insanity
@@AleksandarGospic Yes you have such nice land there, you should grow food there. Well the Balkans has lots of room to grow, it will be the future hotspot in Europe.
Every thing is clean and fertile just because we are not overpopulated. I wouldn’t like if we don’t have all this clean water and so much green land. And we do grow food but not so many people do it so we need more from outside altho we prefer in stores our food
Great one 👍👍👍