The cultural corridor Sofia-Ohrid passes through Bulgaria and FYR of Macedonia, connecting the monastery agglomerations around these two historic towns and the religious cultural area of Metohia in Serbia and Montenegro.
The Sofia-Ohrid Road is a specific religious axis, conducting religious influences to the great pilgrim road Via Egnatia. Along the direction connecting the monasteries and churches of the Sofia Holy Mount, of the region Metohia and those around the Ohrid Lake, has been spreading for ages faith and arts, related to religious construction – architectural techniques and skills, wall painting, woodcarving. One of the most outstanding woodcarving schools in Debar (FYR of Macedonia) took its way, to bequeath its skilful mastership all over South East Europe along this corridor.
Today one may discover real masterpieces along the Sofia-Ohrid Road, a great number of which are included in the World Heritage List – the Boyana church (Bulgaria), Stari Ras and Sopocani, the Decani monastery (Serbia and Montenegro), the Churches in Ohrid (FYR of Macedonia).

Expert network

Bulgaria

• Ancient Serdika
• Bistritsa Babi - Archaic Polyphony, Dances and Ritual Practices from the Shoplouk Region
• Boyana Church
• Sofia, the historical town

FYR of Macedonia

• Bargala, archaeological site near Shtip
• Church of St. George in Staro Nagorichane
• Church of St. Panteleimon
• Church St. Nicholas in Psacha
• Galichnik Wedding
• Monastery of Lesnovo
• Monastery St. Bogorodica of Matejche
• Ohrid
• Shtip - Islamic Architecture
• Skopje - Islamic Architecture
• Skopje Monasteries
• St. Atanasie Monastery, Leshok village
• Stobi, archaeological site
• Tetovo - Islamic Architecture
• The Craft of Filegree
• The Fortress Kale of Skopje
• The house of K. Trenchev, Veles
• The Monastery of Kalishta near Struga
• The Monastery of St. Joachim of Osogovo, Kriva Palanka
• The Monastery of St. John of Bigor near Debar
• The Monastery of the Holy Virgin Immaculate near Kichevo
• The Village of Kichinica near Mavrovo Lake
• Vevchani Carnival
• Zlatko's Tower, Kratovo

Serbia

• Decani Monastery
• Fortress Gumniste, Artana Novobrdo
• Hammam, Kosovska Mitrovica
• Pristina - Islamic Architecture
• Prizren
• Residential Tower in Gjakova
• St. Peter's Basilica, Stan Terg, Kosovska Mitrovica
• The Holy Virgin of Ljevishka, Prizren
• The Monastery of the Holy Archangels near Prizren