Typology of housing units in the region of Ohrid

Namicev, Petar and Namiceva-Todorovska, Ekaterina (2022) Typology of housing units in the region of Ohrid. Natural Resources and Technology, 16 (2). pp. 35-41. ISSN 1857-6966

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Abstract

The rural typology of the settlements in Ohrid is usually of a compact type, placed in flat or
hilly areas. The settlements in the hilly areas are formed according to the configuration of the terrain,
usually within a steep terrain (the villages of Ramne, Velestovo, Racha). The location of the settlements
was created according to the needs of the newly settled families at the period. It was necessary to have
arable land in the surrounding area, to satisfy the needs of the occupation of the families, for example
for fishing (the villages of Peshtani, Trpejca, Konjsko, Ljubanishta), for agriculture (the villages of
Lakocheraj, Orman), livestock farming (the villages of Velestovo, Ramne) etc. The families carried
with them certain traditional beliefs regarding the shape and size of the house, and with that a certain
appearance of the settlement was formed. The surrounding landscape dominated, with the forest areas
that were in the immediate vicinity of the settlement, comfortable conditions were created for the life
and prosperity of the families.
At the end of the 18th century, the settlements were small, with a small number of houses while
in the 19th and 20th centuries, new families settled more intensively in the area. There was visible
increase in the number of houses and the number of the population.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Engineering and Technology > Other engineering and technologies
Divisions:	Faculty of Natural and Technical Sciences
Depositing User:	Petar Namicev
Date Deposited:	20 Jan 2023 08:22
Last Modified:	20 Jan 2023 08:22
URI:	https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/30777

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