Old Bazaar, Bitola

Streets and shops in the Old Bazaar
The Deboj Hamam

The Old Bazaar (Macedonian: Стара чаршија, romanized: Stara čaršija) is a bazaar located in Bitola, North Macedonia, situated on the northern bank of the Dragor River in the centre of the city. The bazaar has served as a centre of trade activity for Bitola since the 15th century.[1] As the third-most important European city in the mid-19th century Ottoman Empire after Istanbul and Thessaloniki, Bitola had over 2,000 shops with roughly 140 different crafts and professions present.[2]

The bazaar in its entirety is listed as an Object of Cultural Heritage by the Ministry of Culture, while several houses, commercial buildings, mosques, and hamams within it are also listed individually.[3]

  1. ^ Jordan Tasevski (1970). Bitola. Naša Kniga. p. 77.
  2. ^ Folklore macédonien. Folklore Institute. 7 October 2008. p. 24.
  3. ^ "Национален регистар на објекти кои се заштитно културно наследство". Ministry of Culture. 2012. p. 1.