St. Panteleimon is a monastery church erected in 1164 by the Byzantine prince Alexei Angel. On its walls, you can find well-preserved frescoes which, due to their qualities, constitute one of the greatest achievements of Byzantine painting from the time of the Komnenos dynasty (12th century).
The Hussein-Shah Mosque was built by Hussein Shah in the middle of the 16th century. Construction began in 1553 and was completed in 1566. The mosque has been damaged several times. First during the fire of Skopje by the Habsburg army in 1689, then during the Bulgarian occupation during the Second World War, as well as during the Skopje earthquake. After that, a number of conservation efforts were undertaken, which considerably changed the appearance of the mosque.
The church of St. Dimitri was built in the 18th century on the remains of a 16th-century church. The present building owes its present appearance to the renovations and extensions carried out between 1886 and 1894. Its bell tower dates from 1908. From the 18th to the middle of the 19th century, the church was also the Cathedral of Skopje, before the construction of the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary.
The Church of the Ascension of Jesus was built in the late 17th or early 18th century, after the huge fire that destroyed the town in 1689. The church received its present appearance after extensive restorations in the 19th century. The church is known for its enclosed courtyard where the tomb of the Bulgarian nationalist hero Gotse Delchev (1872-1903) is located.
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