4to, 27 pp. Turkish text + 1 p. (Resume in French), b/w photographs, plans, publisher’s original wrappers, lightly soiled, Universite de Belgrade, Faculte d’Architecture, 1957.

Synopsis

Bitola is a city in the south western part of North Macedonia. The city stands at an important junction connecting the south of the Adriatic Sea region with the Aegean Sea and Central Europe, and is an administrative, cultural, industrial, commercial, and educational centre. It has been known since the Ottoman period as “The City of The Consuls”, since many European countries had consulates in Bitola.
Bitola, known during the Ottoman Empire as Manastır or Monastir, is one of the oldest cities in North Macedonia. During the same period, there were a number of prestigious schools in the city, including a military academy that, among others, was attended by the Turkish reformer Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.