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Bitola (Serbian Bitolj), formerly Monastir, is a city in the present day Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. It was a major city during the Roman Empire. Later it was settled by Slavs and in 1395 it was conquered by Ottoman Empire, which made the city a major military and commercial center. The Serbs took the city from the Ottoman Empire during the Balkan Wars.

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