Skopje, North Macedonia
Mother Teresa was born in 1910 in the city of the Skopje, which at the time of her birth, was part of the Ottoman Empire. This museum is a modern construction opened in 2009. Skopje suffered an earthquake in 1963 that destroyed 80% of the buildings in the city including the original house that Mother Teresa grew up in.
The Memorial House is built on the site of the Sacred Heart Church where the young Agnes Gonxha Bonjaxhiu was baptised. It's quite easy to find as it's well sign posted, I was spending a morning wandering around central Skopje and just followed the signs.
The outside wall is meant to represent a house from the early 20th century, the museum is upstairs and has some artefacts relating to Mother Teresa's life as well as some photos of her with her family.
Entrance area
Model of the original house
A recreated room with picture of young Agnes on the wall
Above the museum is a chapel where Mass is celebrated every Tuesday at 8am and for visiting religious. The museum has a display of photographs of Skopje during the time that the young Mother Teresa lived there as well as a prayer book written by her and a copy of the Nobel Prize she was awarded in 1979.
The Memorial House of Mother Teresa is open Monday to Friday 9am to 8pm, Saturday and Sunday 9am to 2pm. Entry is free and it takes about 30 minutes to view the exhibitions. There's a small souvenir shop on the ground floor.
I quite liked the museum as much is known about Mother Teresa's work in India but not so much about her early life and family. Skopje is a small and very walkable city, the main sights are all close to each other.
I loved this book stall crammed with stacks of books
Across the river from the Memorial House is the Old Bazaar with its historic buildings.
Suli An
Suli An can be found in the Old Bazaar area, it's a 15th century caravanserai, an inn used by traders and their caravans. It was damaged in the 1963 earthquake but restored in 1972, it's now the Skopje Faculty of Arts and has the Museum of the Old Bazaar.
Suli An exit to the Old Bazaar
Skopje double decker bus
I was quite surprised to see red double decker buses in Skopje!
Skopje is a lovely town to visit, it's not on the main European tourist route so that made visiting really pleasant, no huge crowds! I found it to be a great budget location as prices were low, the city is very walkable and well sign posted, the Macedonian language uses the Cyrillic alphabet, signs are in Macedonian and English (using the latin alphabet)
Mother Teresa was born in 1910 in the city of the Skopje, which at the time of her birth, was part of the Ottoman Empire. This museum is a modern construction opened in 2009. Skopje suffered an earthquake in 1963 that destroyed 80% of the buildings in the city including the original house that Mother Teresa grew up in.
The Memorial House is built on the site of the Sacred Heart Church where the young Agnes Gonxha Bonjaxhiu was baptised. It's quite easy to find as it's well sign posted, I was spending a morning wandering around central Skopje and just followed the signs.
The outside wall is meant to represent a house from the early 20th century, the museum is upstairs and has some artefacts relating to Mother Teresa's life as well as some photos of her with her family.
Above the museum is a chapel where Mass is celebrated every Tuesday at 8am and for visiting religious. The museum has a display of photographs of Skopje during the time that the young Mother Teresa lived there as well as a prayer book written by her and a copy of the Nobel Prize she was awarded in 1979.
The Memorial House of Mother Teresa is open Monday to Friday 9am to 8pm, Saturday and Sunday 9am to 2pm. Entry is free and it takes about 30 minutes to view the exhibitions. There's a small souvenir shop on the ground floor.
I quite liked the museum as much is known about Mother Teresa's work in India but not so much about her early life and family. Skopje is a small and very walkable city, the main sights are all close to each other.
Across the river from the Memorial House is the Old Bazaar with its historic buildings.
Suli An can be found in the Old Bazaar area, it's a 15th century caravanserai, an inn used by traders and their caravans. It was damaged in the 1963 earthquake but restored in 1972, it's now the Skopje Faculty of Arts and has the Museum of the Old Bazaar.
I was quite surprised to see red double decker buses in Skopje!
Skopje is a lovely town to visit, it's not on the main European tourist route so that made visiting really pleasant, no huge crowds! I found it to be a great budget location as prices were low, the city is very walkable and well sign posted, the Macedonian language uses the Cyrillic alphabet, signs are in Macedonian and English (using the latin alphabet)
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