June 18 - a day in Skopje, the capital

Lee and I spent the day in Skopje, the capital of Macedonia, visiting some sights we hadn't seen before.

First, we took the cable car to the top of Mt Vodno.

On the cable car

The Millennium Cross at the top of Vodno

View from the top

Then we visited the Skopje Aquaduct - 16th century, perhaps earlier.

Skopje Aquaduct

Next stop: Scupi archaeological site

From Wikipedia: "A Roman military camp was founded here in the second century BC on the site of an older Dardanian settlement.... A Roman town was founded in the time of Domitian (AD 81-96) and Scupi became the chief center for romanizing Dardania. It was abandoned in AD 518 after an earthquake completely destroyed the city.