Picture of Samuil Fortress offers great views of the surrouding area and Lake Ohrid (Ohrid, Macedonia)

Part of the fortress wall of Samuil Fortress

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A pearl on the lake taking its name, Ohrid is more than just a fancy tourist spot in Macedonia: it is rich in history, beautifully located, offers some great places to relax on the lake, and has marvellous sunsets.
Already in the 4th century BCE, Lychnidos was founded by the Greeks, and it gained importance as a trading and cultural centre between Constantinople and the Adriatic Sea - on the Roman Via Egnatia. When Slavs arrived in the area, the town was renamed to Ohrid, meaning "city on the hill". After Ohrid was conquered by the Bulgarians in 867, it became the capital of the Bulgarian Empire, and also became the seat of the Bulgarian Patriarchate. It was such an important religious city that it was claimed Ohrid had 365 churches - one church for every day of the year. It was dubbed Bulgarian Jerusalem, and still now is called Macedonian Jerusalem. Moreover, it had become an important cultural centre, the birthplace of the Cyrillic alphabet.
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