Galichnik

Galichnik – Village in the Miak End. It is located on the western slopes of Mount Bistra at an altitude of about 1,400 m. With Mavrovo it is connected through a local asphalt road. In the past d. It was a great settlement and an administrative center. It is thought to have been formed by the farmers settled from the Galic River in the Thessalonika Valley, who came with the sheep’s flock of summer grazing of Bistra. The original settlement Bi-La at the site of Staro Village. The population has always dealt with nomadic stock – with the sheep’s flocks in the Aegean Primoria, and the Lete stayed at the high mountain pastures of Bistra. In 1911 In Mr. There were 800 houses with about 4,000 h. However, in the second half of the last century, the village is affected by strong migration, so that at the end of the century it is completely displaced. Today the houses in Galichnik in a significant part have been restored and it has grown into a tourist settlement. The old village architecture is preserved, and the rich colorful folk costume and attractive wedding customs manifested through the Galichnik Wedding, which is traditionally held on July 12, attract a large number of tourists. In Mr. There is also a memorial museum, housed in the house where the famous Macedonian revivalist Gjorgji Pulevski was born, and a contemporary hotel is built for the guests. Lit.: R. Smiljaniћ, Galichnik. Southern Serbia, no. 17, Skopje, 1922. Al. ST.


Original article in Macedonian language Cyrillic alphabet
Кириличен напис ГАЛИЧНИК

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