Lazaropole

Lazaropole Лазарополе
Church in Lazaropole
Lazaropole Location within Macedonia
Coordinates: 41°32′10″N 20°41′38″E
Country	Macedonia
Municipality	Mavrovo and Rostuša
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code

Panorama of the village

Lazaropole
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     104   2 −6     95   3 −5     99   6 −3     86   10 1     87   15 5     59   19 8     47   22 9     51   22 9     68   19 7     95   13 3     145   8 0     131   4 −4 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation totals in mm Source: Climate-Charts.com
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     4.1   36 21     3.7   37 23     3.9   43 27     3.4   50 34     3.4   59 41     2.3   66 46     1.9   72 48     2   72 48     2.7   66 45     3.7   55 37     5.7   46 32     5.2   39 25 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation totals in inches

Lazaropole (Macedonian Cyrillic: Лазарополе) is a settlement in the Republic of Macedonia. Situated on a plateau at Mount Bistra and surrounded by beech and oak forest; at 1,350 m altitude, it is one of the highest settlements in the country.

The village is named after a local medieval hero, Lazar, who according to legend was the sole survivor of a Turkish attack on his village. The rest of the townspeople were killed in a cave where they had sought refuge, while Lazar, the only survivor, crawled outside and built a new town.

There are about 400 houses in the village. The older ones reveal the traces of the Mijaci highland building style. The village was the birthplace of numerous authors, educators, carvers, teachers, fresco and icon painters, and constructors^{[citation needed]}. Especially picturesque are the village church of St. Gjorgi, built in 1838, and the small churches in the forests near the village.

The traditional Macedonian folk dance Teškoto (The hard dance) is from the area of Lazaropole.

People born in Lazaropole

• Simon Drakul, Macedonian writer
• Ante Popovski, Macedonian writer
• Gjurcin Kokaleski
• Anatolij Zografski
• Vasil Ikonomov

See also

• Galichnik