The back story 6
The story of Skopje.
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The back story
5:17, 26 July 1963: the earthquake and Kenzo Tange’s city
How an earthquake destroyed Skopje in 20 seconds, how the world helped rebuild it, and how the Japanese architect Kenzo Tange planned a new city of concrete.
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Mother Teresa’s Skopje: the back story
The girl born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu in Skopje in 1910 became Mother Teresa of Calcutta. A memorial house stands on the street where she grew up.
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Scupi and Roman Skopje: the back story
Theatres, baths and basilicas in a field by the Vardar: the ruins of Roman Scupi, the city before Skopje.
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Skopje: the back story
A Roman colony, a Byzantine fortress, an Ottoman bazaar, a city rebuilt after the 1963 earthquake to a Japanese master plan, and a 21st-century skyline of statues and columns: Skopje is one of Europe’s most surprising capitals.
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The 2010s city on the Vardar: the back story
Columns, domes, fountains, bronze figures, a triumphal arch and galleons on the river: the 2010s transformed the centre of Skopje into an open-air gallery of classical styles.
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The Old Bazaar: the back story
Five centuries of trade on the north bank of the Vardar: caravanserais, hammams, mosques, churches, goldsmiths and kebapi grills in one of the largest old bazaars in the Balkans.
