Tetovo

The region was referred to as Htetovo in a Serbian Charter. During the Ottoman rule the name of the town was Kalkandelen.

The Tabula Imperii Romani places Oaeneum at the town of Tetovo in the Vardar Valley. Christianity spread to Oaeneum during the later period of Roman invasion and reached the region relatively early. St Paul preached the Gospel in the region. In the 2nd to the 4th centuries, the main language to spread the Christian religion was Latin. In the 13th and 14th centuries, Byzantine control was punctuated by periods of Bulgarian and Serbian rule. Konstantin Asen ruled as Tsar of the Bulgarian Empire from 1257 to 1277. Later the region was overrun and taken by Serbian Tsar Stefan Dušan. In a document dated between 1348 and 1353, Dušan restored the Lešok Monastery and gifted the monastery entire Albanian-populated villages, as well as the Nanov Dol highlands. …

Tetovo has been under many different empires; from the Mycenae and Illyrians, to the Romans, Byzantines and Ottomans, giving the city a vast range of diverse cultures. The museum of Tetovo, established in 1950, contains the history of the town of Tetovo and is situated in the Memorial House of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Macedonia. The Municipality of Tetovo is home to 15 sites designated as Cultural Heritage by the Ministry of Culture, of which 14 are located within Tetovo's city limits. Nine of these are historic homes. The main attractions of Tetovo are its historic areas and structures. The Šarena Džamija ("Painted Mosque") is located near the Pena River in the old part of the town. The mosque was built in 1438 and rebuilt in 1833 by Abdurrahman Pasha, the son of Rexhep Pasha. …