Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region

World Heritage

North Macedonia

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Lake Ohrid is a stunning natural wonder that provides a refuge for a wide range of local freshwater plants and animals dating back to the Tertiary period. The town of Ohrid, situated on the lakeshore, is one of the oldest human settlements in Europe. Built mainly between the 7th and 19th centuries, the town is home to the oldest Slavic monastery (St Pantelejmon) and over 800 Byzantine-style icons dating from the 11th to the late 14th century. In the shallow waters near the lakeshore, three sites attest to the presence of prehistoric pile dwellings, while the small forest peninsula is home to the remains of an early Christian church founded in the mid-6th century.

# Natural landscape

# Cultural Heritage

# Prehistoric pile dwellings

# Ohrid Town

# Slavic monastery

# Byzantine style icon

Lake Ohrid and the small village of Lin, near Pogradec in Albania

Church of St. John Kaneo and the Ohrid Lake

View of old Ohrid

Ohrid sponge (Ochridaspongia rotunda) is endemic to Lake Ohrid

Map of the Ohrid Basin showing major hydrological and geological features

Lake Ohrid as seen from Ohrid, North Macedonia

View of Ohrid and Ohrid Lake from Samuil's Fortress

Pogradec along Lake Ohrid

The lake coast at St. Naum Monastery, with Galičica Mountain in the background

Reconstruction of Bronze Age stilt houses on Lake Ohrid, near Peštani, North Macedonia

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Information extracted from Wikidata

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country	North Macedonia
image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ohrid%20Lake.jpg
instance of	lake
instance of	Category:Deaths in Nesebar
basin country	North Macedonia
executive body	Lake Ohrid
indigenous to	1414
IPA transcription	2700268
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/04fnv1
Commons category	Lake Ohrid
coordinate location	Point(20.718888888 41.037222222)
length	30.4
elevation above sea level	695
area	349
width	14.8
watershed area	1414
volume as quantity	55400
vertical depth	288.7