Cresevo
Cresevo, Creshevo, (Macedonian: Црешево)
Creshevo is located in the northeast of Skopje, 15 km from the center of Skopje, capital city of Republic of Macedonia.
Geography and location
It is located at the foothills of Skopska Crna Gora. In the east of Creshevo is the village of Strachinci, in the northeast there is the village of Vinice, and Bulachani is located in the northwest, Smilkovci is in the southwest and Stajkovci is located in the south of the village of Cresevo.
History
Creshevo is an old village located at the foot of Mount Skopje Montenegro. The date of the origin of the village is not known, but It is thought that even during the Roman Empire there was a settlement which was located 3 km from the village named as Elenovo..
The earliest documented trace its found in literature about King Stefan Milutin as early as, 1300 and published 1905 in Српски Етнографски Зборник.[1]
There are documents which mention Creshevo in the Ottoman Empire in the documents of Mustafa Pasha who was rewarded for his loyalty to the Sultan Bayezid II.
Mustafa Pasha was vizier of Sultan Bayezid II (1481-1512) and Selim I (1512-1520) and held various public offices in the Ottoman Empire. He owned a large estate in Rumelia and four villages near Skopje: Bulachani, Batinci, Rastak and Creshevo. He was the son of Abdullah (Abdulkerim), he had two wives, both named Khurshid and four daughters Hani Umi Shah Zeman and Huma.[2]
Significant archaeological sites in the area of Creshevo are: Breaks Dool found necropolis from Roman times. Selishte, isolated finding from Roman times. Smiljkovci a settlement from Roman times.
Demography
According to the last census of the population of Macedonia since 2002, the village has 1,278 inhabitants. Below is a table on the national structure of the population[3]
Nationality | Total |
Macedonians | 1 263 |
Turks | 0 |
Roma | 0 |
Albanians | 0 |
Vlachs | 1 |
Serbs | 12 |
Bosniaks | 0 |
Others | 2 |
Social institutions
In the village of Creshevo there is a primary satellite school "Naum Ohridski", while the center is in the village of Bulachani.
Christian Orthodox Churches
There are three churches in the village of Creshevo, one of which was an old monastery.[4]
- Church "St. Spas "
- Church "St. John "- Creshevo One of the oldest in the area datin back 11th AD based on the inscription on tombstones.
- Church "St. Petka "- Creshevo - monastery church
Culture and sports
Every year the cultural manifestation "Revue of folk costumes, instruments and songs of Creshevo" is held, where numerous cultural artists, as well as costumes from different parts of our country, are represented.
References
- ↑ Srpski etnografski zbornik: Naselja i poreklo stanovništva (in Serbian). 1905.
- ↑ IDBC. "Mustapha-Pasha Mosque". makedonskibiser.com.mk. Retrieved 2018-02-18.
- ↑ http://www.stat.gov.mk/publikacii/knigaX.pdf Census in Macedonia 2002 - Book 10.
- ↑ "Karta na verski objekti vo REPUBLIKA MAKEDONIJA" (PDF). kovz.gov.mk/.