Berovo, Macedonia

 In the eastern part of Macedonia, at altitude of 800 – 900 m, on the slopes of the Maleshevo mountains (highest peak Kadiica 1932 m) lies the town of Berovo, a simple small mountain town. Berovo and the Maleshevo mountains are just a small region, but there one can find a unique combination of almost untouched nature, cultural and historical heritage, ethnography, traditional music and handicrafts.

The climate is mild continental, in certain places modified into mountain-continental characterized by cold winters and cool summers. Berovo is the town with highest concentration of oxygen on the Balkan peninsula. The average annual temperature is 11.1˚C.  Berovo is the town with most sunny days during the year in the whole country, with an average of 6.4 sunny hours per day.

Interesting places to visit:

The historical and ethnologic museum of the town of Berovo

Housed in a 19th century building, redecorated preserving the authentic construction style. The historical exhibits comprise documents and artifacts from the times of Grandpa Iljo Malesevski, Dimitar Pop Georgjiev, the Razlovo uprising.. Part of the exhibits are the antique and medieval coins, evidencing the economic development and the trading relations the region of Maleshevo had. The ethnologic exhibition consists of a Maleshevo room reconstruction, Maleshevo national costumes Maleshevo jewelry, pottery, musical instruments and a reconstruction of a Maleshevo blacksmith’s workshop.

Built in the period 1815-1818 is located on the outskirts of the town of Berovo, on the road to the lake. The saints’ characters have been painted in a characteristic style, deviating from the Byzantine canons. The women monastery within the church played an important role in World War II, as well as in making people literate, since it was exactly there where the first cell school was opened, a period from which a number of old books have been preserved, subject to respect and admiration among the contemporary generations.