Folia onomastica Croatica, No. 12/13, 2003.
Professional paper
Features of the microtoponymy of the town of Skopje
Trajko Stamatoski
; Skopje, Makedonija
Abstract
It is well known that Skopje is an old town. Emperor Justinian I after a catastrophic earthquake that destroyed the Roman town of Scupi in 518 constructed it on its present-day site. Scupi was situated at the estuary of Lepenec into the river Vardar, 3-4 km to the west of the present-day town. The Slaves settled in the area at the end of the seventh century and the town had different rulers – feudal lords, within the Bulgarian and medieval Serbian state. The Turks conquered it in 1392 and it remained under the Turkish rule for 520 years, until 1912.
Keywords
toponymy; Macedonian place-names; language contacts
Hrčak ID:
23273
URI
Publication date:
28.3.2007.
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