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Bitola

Also known as Monastir

Bitola is a city in the Pelagonia plain of southern North Macedonia, near the Greek border and the ruins of the ancient city of Heraclea Lyncestis. Under Ottoman rule, as Monastir, it was a major administrative and military centre of the Balkans. Serbian forces defeated the Ottomans nearby in the Battle of Monastir in 1912, and it is now the country's second city.

Bitola
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Bitola. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/bitola
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