Širok Sokak (, meaning "Wide Alley", from the Turkish word for "Street") is a long

pedestrian A pedestrian is a person traveling on foot, by wheelchair or with other mobility aids. Streets and roads often have a designated footpath for pedestrian traffic, called the '' sidewalk'' in North American English, the ''pavement'' in British En ...

street A street is a public thoroughfare in a city, town or village, typically lined with Building, buildings on one or both sides. Streets often include pavements (sidewalks), pedestrian crossings, and sometimes amenities like Street light, streetligh ...

Bitola Bitola (; ) is a city in the southwestern part of North Macedonia. It is located in the southern part of the Pelagonia valley, surrounded by the Baba, Nidže, and Kajmakčalan mountain ranges, north of the Medžitlija-Níki border crossing ...

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. The street is considered to be the centre of Bitola. It roughly starts at

Magnolia Square Magnolia Square () is a public space and a town square of the Bitola, City of Bitola, located near the Bitola#Clock Tower, Clock Tower. Around the square are old houses from the Macedonian and Ottoman Empire, Ottoman architecture that are purch ...

and ends in the City Park. It is graced with neo-classical buildings that contain stores, cafés and

restaurants A restaurant is an establishment that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services. Restaurants vary greatly in app ...

. Širok Sokak is also home to several

consulates A consulate is the office of a consul. A type of mission, it is usually subordinate to the state's main representation in the capital of that foreign country (host state), usually an embassy (or, only between two Commonwealth countries, a h ...

, the Officers' Hall, and the

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. The present street dates from the reign of Sultan

Abdul Hamid II Abdulhamid II or Abdul Hamid II (; ; 21 September 184210 February 1918) was the 34th sultan of the Ottoman Empire, from 1876 to 1909, and the last sultan to exert effective control over the fracturing state. He oversaw a Decline and modernizati ...

and it was named after him. It was later named after King Petar and then Maršal Tito.

Gallery

Image:Bitola center MK.jpg, Snow-covered Image:BitolaCity.jpg, Typical architecture Image:Catolic church bitola.jpg, Catholic Church File:Bitola-Sirok sokak.JPG, File:BitolaŠSokak.JPG, File:Bitola pedastrian street.jpg, File:Bitola Širok Sokak.JPG, File:Bitola 1914.jpg, Širok Sokak in 1914, shortly after Manastır was ceded to Serbia by Turkey and renamed Bitola File:Bitola 053.JPG, Typical architecture

References

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