Tresonce
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Tresonče is a village located in the Western Balkans in Macedonia
, part of the Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality
. It is a mountain village populated by Macedonian
Orthodox Christians.
. The Mijaks are divided as Muslims
and Orthodox Christians. In 1467, the village was classified as a road keeping village, guarding the roads from criminals who took over land and stole cattle.
Notable people were born in Tresonče include:
Tresonče is on the Mount Bistra
which is a national park for wildlife. In that region you can find brown bear
, wild goat
, wild boar, deer
, and bobcat
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
, part of the Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality
Mavrovo and Rostuša municipality
Mavrovo and Rostuša is a municipality in western Republic of Macedonia. The municipal seat is located in the village of Rostuša. This municipality is part of the Polog Statistical Region.-Geography:...
. It is a mountain village populated by Macedonian
Macedonians (ethnic group)
The Macedonians also referred to as Macedonian Slavs: "... the term Slavomacedonian was introduced and was accepted by the community itself, which at the time had a much more widespread non-Greek Macedonian ethnic consciousness...
Orthodox Christians.
History
The village is known to exist since 1467 (registered in an Ottoman book). The inhabitants of the village are called MijaksMijaks
Mijaks are an ethnographic group of ethnic Macedonians who live in the so-called Mijačija area , along the Radika river, in western Macedonia, numbering 30,000-60,000 people...
. The Mijaks are divided as Muslims
Macedonian Muslims
The Macedonian Muslims , also known as Muslim Macedonians, Torbeš, ; , in older sources Pomaks are a minority religious group within the community of ethnic Macedonians who are Muslims...
and Orthodox Christians. In 1467, the village was classified as a road keeping village, guarding the roads from criminals who took over land and stole cattle.
Notable people were born in Tresonče include:
- Dičo Zograf - Fresco painter in the Balkan peninsula
- Dimitar Pandilov - Artist skilled in Macedonian arts
- Andrea Damjanov - Although not born in Tresonce, his family was from there, he was a very famous architect in Macedonia.
Tresonče is on the Mount Bistra
Mount Bistra
Bistra is one of the most interesting mountains in the Republic of Macedonia . The mountain has many peaks higher than 2,000 meters and the highest one is Medenica Peak, 2,163 meters above sea level.Limestone erosion on the mountain created limestone fields...
which is a national park for wildlife. In that region you can find brown bear
Brown Bear
The brown bear is a large bear distributed across much of northern Eurasia and North America. It can weigh from and its largest subspecies, the Kodiak Bear, rivals the polar bear as the largest member of the bear family and as the largest land-based predator.There are several recognized...
, wild goat
Wild Goat
The wild goat is a widespread species of goat, with a distribution ranging from Europe and Asia Minor to central Asia and the Middle East. It is the ancestor of the domestic goat.-Social structure:...
, wild boar, deer
Deer
Deer are the ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae. Species in the Cervidae family include white-tailed deer, elk, moose, red deer, reindeer, fallow deer, roe deer and chital. Male deer of all species and female reindeer grow and shed new antlers each year...
, and bobcat
Bobcat
The bobcat is a North American mammal of the cat family Felidae, appearing during the Irvingtonian stage of around 1.8 million years ago . With twelve recognized subspecies, it ranges from southern Canada to northern Mexico, including most of the continental United States...