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Koritos

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Koritos/Korytos or Koryton (Greek: Κορυτός/Κορυτόν;[1] Macedonian: Коритос / Коритон) was a medieval city-fortress on the road Skopje - Strumica away one day walk from Skopje, North Macedonia. The Arab geographer al-Idrisi mentions the city as Kurta. The city is mentioned only in two sources from the 12th and 13th centuries, and is identified with Ovče Pole's Ǵurište.[2] Some historians believe that this city was actually Kratovo, and that this is actually the name of the medieval city.[3]

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  1. ^ Magdalino, Paul. The empire of Manuel I Komnenos, 1143-1180, p. 166
  2. ^ Т. Томоски, Каде лежел градот „Qorytos“?, Македонија низ вековите. Градови, тврдини, комуникации, Скопје, 1999
  3. ^ Kostić, Kosta N. (1922). Naši novi gradovi na Jugu (in Serbo-Croatian). Novi Sad: Štamp. "Zastava".