Ohrid (ancient Lichnydos) is a leading tourist center on the shore of beautiful Lake Ohrid.
Some well-preserved houses in the picturesque local architectural style can be seen in the town. Built in the 19th century, these dwellings hang over the street, each successive story projecting further than the one below.
The old part of the town also preserves the ruins of Samuil's Fortress (10th c.) and churches built here in the 9th century by St. Clement of Ohrid. The many medieval churches and monasteries raised here contain world-renowned frescoes and icons. The cathetral church of Sveta Sofija (The Holy Wisdom), which was the seat of the Archbishopric of Ohrid for several centuries is is the oldest surviving church in Ohrid. One can find some of the finest frescoes and a famous icon collection in the Ohrid church of St. Clement. The church of St. John the Divine at Kaneo was built and decorated with frescoes in the 13th century.
In 1967 the Autocephalous Macedonian Orthodox Church was founded in Ohrid.
The river Crni Drim rises close to the Macedonian-Albanian border, near the monastery of St. Naum (16th-17th c.), some 30 km from the town of Ohrid.
Only a few meters further on it flows into Lake Ohrid, from which it
emerges on the other end of the lake to flow through the little town of
Struga.
Ancient Civilisations have left numerous remains on the territory of Macedonia. The important archeological site at Trebenishte, not far from Ohrid, has yielded rich finds from princely graves, among them this lovely gold portrait mask (4th c. BC), showing the influence of Mycenean culture.
