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Ohrid (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 41 07 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 41.1167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 020 48 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 20.8000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on Lake Ohrid; site of Greek Colony Lychnidos during 3rd cen. BC; seized by Romans ca. 100 & rebuilt after earthquake in 518; was seat of Bulgarian patriarchate in 9th cen.; ruled by Byzantine & Ottoman empire. |
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| Ohrid (preferred,C,V)
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| Ochrid (C,V)
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| Ochrida (C,V)
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| Orchid (C,V)
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| Okhrida (C,V)
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| Lychnidus (H,O)
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| Lychnidos (H,O)
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Ohrid (municipality) (P) |
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Ohrid (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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from 3rd cen. BC |
| town (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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in 2nd cen. was a post on Via Aegnatia to Bitola & Greece, now has rail, road & air links |
| agricultural center (C) |
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| fishing community (C) |
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| tourist center (C) |
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is chief resort area of Macedonia for Lake Ohrid & for medieval & Turkish buildings & frescoes |
| archaeological site (C) |
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| episcopal see (C) |
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established by 4th cen., with 1st Slav bishop being St. Clement (died 916) who translated Scriptures from Greek into Slavonic |
| cultural center (H) |
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under St. Clement who founded 1st Slavic school of higher education & wrote earliest Slavic literature |
| capital (H) |
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under Bulgarian tsar in late 10th & early 11th cen. |
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