Skopje Fortress
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The Skopje Fortress, commonly referred to as Kale, is a historic fortress located in the old town of Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. It is located in Centar municipality and situated on the hi
Skopje Fortress, known to Macedonians as Kale. The name is sometimes rendered in English as "Kale Fortress", but this is pleonastic, as Kale already means "Fortress" (from Turkish).
Justinian I, Byzantine Emperor
The coronation of the Emperor Stefan Dušan in Skopje, part of the Slav Epic series by Alfons Mucha, c. 1926
Night view of the fortress
Stefan Dušan
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Stefan Uroš IV Dušan, also known as Dušan the Mighty, was the King of Serbia from 8 September 1331 and Emperor of the Serbs, Greeks, Bulgarians and Albanians from 16 April 1346 until his death in 1355
Skopje Fortress
…about the Medieval fortress apart from a few documents which outline minor characteristics in the fortress' appearance. In 1346 at the Skopje Fortress, Stefan Dušan adopted the title of Emperor at his coronation and he had transferred the capital of Serbian Empire to Skopje. In 1660, Evliya Çelebi, a chronicler of…
Detail of fresco in the Lesnovo Monastery, 1350
Fresco of Stefan Uroš III and Stefan Dušan, Visoki Dečani Monastery, 14th century (UNESCO)
Stefan Dečanski with his son Stefan Dušan (lower left corner) on the icon of St. Nicholas in the Basilica di San Nicola, Bari, Italy
"Wedding of Emperor Dušan", by Paja Jovanović