Nikiforovo – a village in the Municipality of Mavrovo and Rostushe, located on the shore of Lake Mavrovo. The village is located in the Mavrovska Kotlina, on a bay on the eastern shore of the Mavrovska Lake. The Petilepska River flows through Nikiforovo, which ends up flowing into the lake. Administratively, it is part of the Mavrovo and Rostushe Municipality, western Macedonia, located in the eastern part of the municipality. At the same time, the village is part of the Mavrovo National Park. It is located in the lower parts of Bistra mountain.
The village is connected by the asphalt road P-413 with the neighboring villages of Leunovo and Mavrovo, a road that goes around the Mavrovo Lake. It is 32 kilometers away from the city of Gostivar. The village has about 100 houses, and most of them are holiday homes.
The settlement of Nikiforovo is believed to have a distant past. Proof of that is the place “Crkvichetto” in the village of Bor. Archaeological research has confirmed the existence of a monastery complex, whose existence originates from V-VII. The church of this monastery complex was in full use and services were performed until it was burned down by German soldiers in 1943. In addition to the burning of the church, the fire also burned the entire village. Today, the deposit has been declared a cultural heritage of Macedonia.
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