Lazaropole

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On a plateau at Mount Bistra, surrounded by beech and oak forest, at 1,350 m altitude, is situated one of the highest settlements in the Republic of Macedonia, the village of Lazaropole (Лазарополе), the second largest in the region of Mijachia. There are about 400 houses in the village. The older ones reveal the traces of the Mijach highland building style. The village was the birthplace of numerous Macedonian authors, educators, carvers, teachers, fresco and icon painters, and constructors. Especially picturesque are the village church of St. Giorgi, built in 1838, and the small churches in the forests near the village.

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