2006-11-11 09:03:53 · 5 answers · asked by Dalibor K 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Ohrid is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in Republic of Macedonia. It has about 55,700 inhabitants. It is the seat of Ohrid municipality. The city is rich in picturesque houses and monuments, and tourism is predominant. It is located east of Elbasan and Tirana in Albania, southwest of Skopje, and west-northwest of Resen and Bitola. There are several explanations for the origin of the name Ohrid. According to one of them, the name Ohrid is entirely Slavic and it is derived from the expression "na hrid" which means "on a hill". Indeed the town of Ohrid is built on a hill.
In 1980, Ohrid and Lake Ohrid were accepted as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
In the Macedonian and the other South Slavic languages the name of the city is Охрид and in Albanian the city is known as Ohër or Ohri. Historical names include Dyassarites which is of Illyrian origin , and the Greek names
History
The contemporary city of Ohrid is a descendant of the antique town of Lychnidos. This was confirmed by several Byzantine sources in which it was written "the town is situated on a high hill near the large lake of Lychnidos, by which also the town was named Lychnis, previously known as Dyassarites1 (from Illyrian "oesserites", people living on the lake shore). The Lake of Ohrid, the ancient Lacus Lychnitis, whose blue and exceedingly transparent waters in remote antiquity gave to the lake its Greek name; it was still called so occasionally in the Middle Ages. It was located along the Via Egnatia, which connected the Adriatic port Dyrrachion (today Durrës) with Byzantium, it was a town in the Macedonian empire of king Phillip II of Macedon who probably had a fortress on the hill even before the samuil fortress was erected.2. Archaeological excavations (e.g., the Polyconhous Basilica from 5th century) prove early adaptation of Christianity in the area. Bishops from Lychnidos participated in multiple ecumenical councils-.
2006-11-12 15:32:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ohrid is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in Republic of Macedonia.
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2006-11-11 09:07:59 · answer #2 · answered by Kokopelli 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2015-02-15 03:44:23 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-11 10:08:52 · answer #4 · answered by Nicole 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋