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Subject: historical plans of Macedonian cities under the Ottoman Empire
and during WWI
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 11:44:16 +0100
From: Bieke Cattoor <[log in to unmask]>
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A graduate student at our university is studying the urban history of
the Macedonian cities Skopje and Bitola, in the context of a master
thesis. The research is rather complicated, due to the apparant lack of
(or not yet revealed) historical maps for these towns in the period of
the Ottoman Empire (untill +- 1907) and in the following period, more
specifically until the end of WWI. Our lack of expertise on the region,
directs me to this mailing list.
Would anyone be willing to point out the archives to research, an expert
to consult, or -worst case scenario- justify why these historical city
plans are so hard to find or possibly do not exist ?

Best regards,
Bieke Cattoor

bieke cattoor
department of architecture, urbanism and planning
university of leuven, belgium