Plaošnik or simply Plaoš () is an archaeological site and holy place in
Ohrid
Ohrid ( ) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the eighth-largest city in the country, with the municipality recording a population of over 42,000 inhabitants as of ...
,
North Macedonia
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, located 250 meters south of
Samuil's Fortress. The site is in the process of being restored to its original condition.
Archaeological sites
St. Clement’s Church
The church was built by
St. Clement in the year 893, on the foundation of an earlier Christian basilica, and dedicated to
St. Panteleimon.
After the advent of the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
, St. Clement's church was converted to a mosque, known as the Imaret Mosque (), of which only a small enclosure remains. The mosque was built as an endowment and a memorial by Sinan Chelebi, member of the distinguished Turkish family of the Ohrizade. The Imaret Mosque was torn down in 2000 with the reason given that it was constructed over the remains of a church in the Plaošnik area and the former mosque was added to the damaged religious buildings list compiled by the
Islamic Religious Community of Macedonia.
It has undergone extensive reconstructions during the Ottoman period, and excavations in the
contemporary period.
On 10 October 2007, a deposit of approximately 2,383
Venetian coin
A coin is a small object, usually round and flat, used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender. They are standardized in weight, and produced in large quantities at a mint in order to facilitate trade. They are most often issued by ...
s was discovered by archaeologists while excavating the monastery. A prominent archaeologist of the Republic of Macedonia,
Pasko Kuzman
Pasko Kuzman (; born 1947) is a Macedonian archaeologist who was the director of the Cultural Heritage Protection Office.
Work
Pasko Kuzman was born in the village of Vapila in the Ohrid region, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia (now North Macedonia ...
, stated that the coins are of special significance because they indicate that Ohrid and Venice were
commercially linked.
Culture – Republic of Macedonia
Archaeology – Depot with Venetian Silver Coins Excavated, '' Večer'', 10 October 2007
See also
*Ohrid
Ohrid ( ) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality. It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the eighth-largest city in the country, with the municipality recording a population of over 42,000 inhabitants as of ...
References
Gallery
Image:Plaošnik 04.jpg, Plaošnik
Image:Plaošnik 11.jpg, Swastika
Image:Plaoshnik-Ohrid.jpg, Some archaeological works on Plaošnik
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Archaeological sites in North Macedonia
Ohrid
Golden Age of Bulgaria
9th-century churches