Govrlevo
The Monastery of St. Tryphon in Govrlevo
Govrlevo (Macedonian Cyrillic: Говрлево) is a small village in the Republic of Macedonia, near Skopje. It belongs to the Sopište Municipality.
Govrlevo is famous for Adam of Macedonia (or "Adam of Govrlevo"), a Neolithic sculpture found by the archaeologist Milosh Bilbija from the Skopje City Museum, and is more than 6.000 years old.
Blagica Pavlovska, a famous Macedonian folk-singer was born in Govrlevo.
Coordinates: 41°56′N 21°21′E / 41.933°N 21.350°E
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