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Bitola
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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