250px, Sacred Heart Cathedral The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Skopje ( Macedonian: Катедрала "Пресвето срце Исусово" во Скопје, ''Katedrala "Presveto srtse Isusovo" vo Skopje'') is the Roman Catholic cathedral of the Diocese of Skopje, located in

Skopje Skopje ( , , ; mk, Скопје ; sq, Shkup) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre. The territory of Skopje has been inhabited since at least 4000 BC; r ...

, the capital of

North Macedonia North Macedonia, ; sq, Maqedonia e Veriut, (Macedonia before February 2019), officially the Republic of North Macedonia,, is a country in Southeast Europe. It gained independence in 1991 as one of the successor states of Socialist Feder ...

. It was designed by the Macedonian architect

Blagoja Mickovski-Bajo Blagoja is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Blagoja Kitanovski (born 1962), former Macedonian football player, now assistant coach at FK Pelister * Blagoja Kuleski (born 1962), retired Macedonian football player and currently a ...

and completed in 1977. It replaced the old cathedral of the same name, destroyed by the

1963 Skopje earthquake The 1963 Skopje earthquake ( mk, Скопски земјотрес од 1963 година, Skopski zemjotres od 1963 godina) was a 6.1 moment magnitude earthquake which occurred in Skopje, SR Macedonia (present-day North Macedonia), then part of ...

. In its place is now a museum to Blessed Mother

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, who was born in this city.

External links

* http://www.macedonia.co.uk/client/index1.aspx?page=388 {{coord, 41, 59, 41, N, 21, 25, 04, E, region:MK_type:city_source:kolossus-plwiki, display=title Roman Catholic cathedrals in North Macedonia Buildings and structures in Skopje