Ohrid is a city on the eastern shore of Lake Ohrid in the Republic of Macedonia. It has about 55,700 inhabitants. It is the seat of Ohrid municipality. The town is notable for having once had 365 churches, one for each day of the year, and is referred to as the Macedonian Jerusalem. The city is rich in picturesque houses and monuments, and tourism is predominant. It is located east of Elbasan and Tirana in Albania, southwest of Skopje, and west-northwest of Resen and Bitola. In 1980, Ohrid and Lake Ohrid were accepted as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO ( wanna read more about Ohrid? - click here ) ************************************************************************************************** This is a Flickr group dedicated to Ohrid and all it's beauty; I know that everyone who has been to Ohrid probably has some amazing photos from it - and this is the right place to share them with the rest of the world. I also hope that this group will motivate many people to visit Ohrid - if they havent done that already :-) Here are some useful links if you wanna visit Ohrid or some other pretty place in Macedonia **************************************************************************************************