Editing Prilep (section)

==Art and Architecture==
[[File:Clock Tower Prilep.jpg|thumb|right|220px|The Clock Tower in Prilep]]
[[File:Prilep, razglednica, Saat kula.jpg|thumb|180px|The Clock Tower in the 1920s]]
[[File:ЖС Прилеп 20120807 124308.jpg|thumbnail|right|Prilep railway station]]

The main square in Prilep is called "Alexandria", in honor of Alexander the Great. The reconstruction of the square began in 2005 and it was completed in 2006. The reconstruction cost 700.000 Euros and its investor was the city of Prilep. During the reconstruction the monument of Alexander the Great was erected, among the other things.<ref>[http://www.prilep.gov.mk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=618&Itemid=329 Square "Alexandria"] on prilep.gov.mk</ref>

Several ancient sites grace Prilep including one at [[Markovi Kuli]], St. Nicola's church from the 13th century, St. Uspenie church in Bogorodica, St. Preobrazenie church and the Tomb of the Unconquered, and a memorial in honour of the victims of fascism located in Prilep's central park. A large Roman necropolis is known there and parts of numerous walls have been found; the settlement was probably the ancient Ceramiae<ref>Marijiana Ricl, "New Greek Inscriptions from Pelagonia and Derriopos" ''Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik'' 101 (1994) 151–163</ref> mentioned in the [[Peutinger Table]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Sorin|last=Olteanu|url=http://soltdm.com/sources/mss/tp/tops/tp_c.htm|title=Tabula Peutingeriana - C - Ceramiae VII 1 m|publisher=Sorin Olteanu's Thracology|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222085512/http://soltdm.com/sources/mss/tp/tops/tp_c.htm|archive-date=22 February 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Roman remains can also be found near the Varoš monastery, built on the steep slopes of the hill, which was later inhabited by a medieval community. Many early Roman funeral monuments, some with sculpted reliefs of the deceased or of the Thracian Rider and other inscribed monuments of an official nature, are in the courtyard of the church below the southern slope of [[Varoš, Prilep|Varoš]]. Some of the larger of those monuments were built into the walls of the church.

The most important ancient monument is the old city of Styberra situated on Bedem hill near Čepigovo, in the central region of Pelagonia. As early as the time of the Roman–Macedonian wars, this city was known as a base from which the Macedonian king [[Perseus of Macedon]] set out to conquer the Penestian cities. An important site in the area is [[Bela Crkva, Krivogaštani|Bela Crkva]], {{convert|6|km|0|abbr=on}} west of Styberra, where the town of [[Alkomenai]] was probably located. It was a stronghold of the Macedonian kings after it was rebuilt in the early Roman period and was at the Pelagonian entrance to a pass leading to [[Illyria]]. Part of the city wall, a gate, and a few buildings of the Roman period were uncovered here in excavations. All recent finds from these sites are in the Museum of the City of Prilep.

The [[Treskavec monastery]], built in the 12th century in the mountains about {{convert|10|km|0|abbr=on}} north of Prilep under Zlatovrv peak, at the edge of a small upland plain 1100 meters [[Above mean sea level|above sea level]]. Prilep has frescoes from the 14th and 15th centuries and is probably the site of the early Roman town of Kolobaise. The name of the early town is recorded on a long inscription on stone which deals with a local cult of Ephesian Artemis.<ref>[http://epigraphy.packhum.org/inscriptions/main?url=gis%3Fregion%3D4%26subregion%3D11%26area%3DPelagonia%26site%3DKolobaise%2520%28Treskavec%29 IG X,2 2 233 Northern Greece (IG X), Macedonia, Pelagonia, Kolobaise (Treskavec)]</ref> The inscription was reused as a base for a cross on top of one of the church domes. Other inscriptions at Treskavec include several 1st century Roman dedications to [[Apollo]]. The old fortress was used by the Romans, and later the Byzantines. After all, even Tsar Samuil came here after the defeat at [[Belasica]] in 1014. During the Middle Ages, after 1371, Prince Marko rebuilt the citadel extensively, making it an important military stronghold.