Magnolia Square ( mk, Плоштад Магнолија, translit=Ploštad Magnolija) is a

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and a

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of the City of Bitola, located near the

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. Around the square are old houses from the Macedonian and Ottoman architecture that are purchased from various

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, firms and

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Bitola Bitola (; mk, Битола ) is a city in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba, Nidže, and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, north of the Medžitlija-Níki ...

, which was a major cultural center in the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) ...

has very interesting buildings from the Turks from which many on Main Street and Magnolia Square. Also there is an art gallery "Magaza" and the newly built "Glass Building". Bitola in cooperation with the

Government of Macedonia Politics in North Macedonia occur within the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister is the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government. Leg ...

made the monument

The Founder of Heraclea Statue The Philip II Statue, officially The Founder of Heraclea Statue (name change to avoid conflict with Greece over history), is a large statue of the king Philip of Macedonia in the centre of the Macedonian city of Bitola, in Magnolia Square. Philip I ...

Statue of Philip II of Macedonia in Bitola's city square (MKD) that is 8.5m high and around it a fountain with the

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on it, and benches for sitting and resting.

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{{Bitola Buildings and structures in Bitola Squares in North Macedonia

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