about kumanovo

The town of Kumanovo is the closest town to the capital Skopje. It is easy to reach, just 20 min drive on a main road, which makes it close to airport and all important institutions in the country. It is a very well-developed town, with beautiful and quiet mountain villages around. The infrastructure is very good and it is easy to get to the town from every point of the municipality.

There are many landmarks in the area, such as the Kokino rock. It is an important megalithic observatory site approximately 30 km from the town of Kumanovo, near the village of Staro Nagorichane. It includes special stone markers used to track the movement of Sun and Moon on the eastern horizon. The importance of the site was confirmed by the space agency NASA. It appears fourth on the list of old observatories compiled by NASA. The area is also rich with old monasteries and ancient churches. One of them is the St. Nicholas church and the monastery Beljakovo. This religious place is located in the Kumanovo village of Beljakovce, some 70 km east of Skopje. Before the First World War, the monastery lived rich monastic life. In the garden, next to the beautiful church Holy Mother of God, several stone crosses can be found, as well as fountains and wells with healing powers.