Kalesh Angja
The village of Staravina is best known by the local heroine Kalesh Angja.
Name of the village of Staravina
In Staravina there were old vineyards, the area was a convenient location for a vineyard.
Stone Bridge in the village of Zovikj
In 1950 in Zovikj on the river there was a wooden bridge that was unsafe and narrow.
Zovikj
Zovikj is located in Bitola part of Mariovo, and according to the area, it is divided into two parts, old and new settlement.
Vanishing grass
The vanishing grass is composed of two parts. If they are not picked at same time, they cannot be assembled.
Church of St. Demetrius
It is said that thechurch is very old, from 13-14 century. It is said that in the World War I a bomb dropped on it, but it did not explode, just made a hole.
Water from the Monastry of St. Elias (Bren)
You should not take water from the Monastery of St. Elias (Sv. Ilija) to bring it to home, but only on the field.
Stone of the thieves
In the past, when there were many thieves around Mariovo especially in Gradesnica and Beshishte
Location called the Rye
The monster, which was great - big mouths, went to the field to collect the grain.
The child that kept the property of his family
A child was born with wings. His mother has hidden this for a long time. One day the mother-in-law said to her: “Daughter-in-law, long time you do not allow us to see the child, to bath him; but we have desire, as you know, especially for boys.
The Dragon that protected the vineyards
It is believed that at the place called Tumba (Mound), at the end of the village, there was Dragon that kept the vineyards, fields, barns, properties of the villagers from the Monster.
Two Dragons
There were two dragons, one of ours and one Greek. The Greek dragon fell in love with the sister of the Macedonian dragon, Jana.
The pit that runs to Greece
Above the village of Gradeshnica where the shepherds had pastured the sheep, two rams fell into a pit, as the old narrate, after one month the rams appeared in Greece at the sea (in Thessaloniki) but without wool.
How the village of Gradeshnica got its name
The village of Gradeshnica has formed from two settlements.
Conquer of the town of Peshta by the Ottomans 2
The town of Peshta supplied water from the springs nearby the Monastery of St. Elias (Sv. Ilija), 10-15 km. distant; water from the springs was diverted to the town through water-pipes.
Conquer of the town of Peshta by the Ottomans
The town of Peshta, located on the plateau above the village of Staravina, in the area of the village of Gradeshnica, was surrounded by a high wall of 3 meters.
The secret of eternal youth
According to the stories of the inhabitants of the village of Staravina, one who has the amulet made of two herbs that can only be found at the mountain Nidje’s top of Kajmakchalan will remain forever young, handsome and have luck.
Toponyms from the region of Gradeshnica, Staravina, Zovikj
Baba is a locality between Staravina and Bzovikj. It is actually a small hill. The folks believe that the area has got its name from an evil old woman that was killed by lightning in the area.
Demir Hisar version of the origin of Itar Pejo (SlyPeter)
A hundred, maybe two hundred years ago Itar Pejyyoas born in the village of Zheleznec, where Crna Reka is up to the loins of the villagers.
Itar Pejo (Sly Peter)
Trajko Ognenovski dedicated to the study of the character of Sly Peter searching through the world and Macedonian literature reveals that the character of Sly Peter was mentioned yet in 1862 citing the information that the biggest collectors as Shapkarev and Cepenkov time in same time 1862- 1865 collected stories of Sly Peter.
Peshta – v. of Gradeshnica
Peshta is a mound above Gradesnica village, on the north side. There was a Roman settlement, turret and tower, there were walls built with lime and sand.
The Stone of Dosho – v. of Gradeshnica
Certain Dosho was a goatherd, he pastured big hed of goats.
Zmejca Cave – v. of Gradeshnica
Zmejca is a cave in the area of the Mariovo village of Gradeshnica. The place at a time was called Dragon’s hole.
Dragon and girl from v. of Staravina
A while ago I do not know before how many years my grandfather told me a story. He told me that at a time there were dragons walking as men.
Mariovo – legend for the name origin
At the time enslavement of Macedonia by the Ottomans, one pasha walked through all villages of Mariovo, as considered twenty five villages.
Peshta Fortress
The Peshta Fortress is located 52km. distance from Bitola, between the villages of Gradeshnica and Staravina above the Gradeshka Reka canyon on 919 m. altitude.
Kalesh Angja’s house in the village of Staravina
Kalesh Angja is one of the heroines mentioned in the folk songs at most; Staravina village is her birthplace.
Stone Bridge in the village of Zovikj
In the vicinity of the village of Zovikj the river Gradeshka flows, which springs in the mountain of Nidje and first empties in the river Satoka, then in Crna Reka.
The Monastery of St. Demetrius in Trnovo area (Trnovo Monastery)
Not far away from the village of Budimirci there was Trnovo village on 905m. altitude, which stands as abandoned and neglected area today.
Church of St. Nicola, village of Gradeshnica
At the end of the XVIII and early XIX century, major political, social and economic changes occurred in the Ottoman Empire as a result of the military defeats that drove the country into economic and political dependence on the European countries.
