Širok Sokak (Macedonian: Широк Сокак, meaning "Wide Alley", from the Turkish word for "Street") is a long pedestrian street in Bitola, Macedonia. The street is considered to be the centre of Bitola. It roughly starts at Magnolia Square and ends in the City Park. It is graced with neo-classical buildings that contain stores, cafés and restaurants. Širok Sokak is also home to several consulates, the Officers' Hall, and the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. The present street dates from the reign of Sultan Abdul Hamid II and it was named after him. It was later named after King Petar and then Maršal Tito.[1]
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Snow-covered
Typical architecture
Catholic Church
Širok Sokak in 1914, shortly after Manastır was ceded to Serbia by Turkey and renamed Bitola
Typical architecture
References
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^Robert Mihajlovski (2021). The Religious and Cultural Landscape of Ottoman Manastır. p. 6.
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Battle of Bitola (1015)
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Church of Saint Demetrius
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Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
Gazi Hajdar Kadi Mosque
Heraclea Lyncestis
Historical Archive of Bitola
Ishak Çelebi Mosque
Magnolia Square
Monastir Military High School (Institute and Museum Bitola)