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The story of Vodno
The mountain rising to the southwest of Skopje is Vodno, and its highest point, Krstovar peak, stands at 1066 metres. Since 2002 that peak has carried the Millennium Cross, 66 metres tall, built to mark two thousand years since the birth of Christ. Many visitors start at Middle Vodno, at 557 metres, which a bus line links with the city centre.
From there you can hike to the top or, since 2011, ride the gondola lift: a route of 1,750 metres and a ride of six to eight minutes. On the slopes grow wild chestnut, lime, oak and pine, and the woods shelter foxes, squirrels, boar, wolves and deer. Shepherds use the mountain's streams to water their goats.
Look out for the waterfall called Prskalo, and for the village of Dolno Sonje, once home to local hunters, where medieval churches still stand. The monastery of Saint Panteleimon at Nerezi also belongs to this mountain.
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