Barešani

Barešani (Macedonian Cyrillic: Барешани) is a village 8.88 kilometres (5.52 mi) away from Bitola, which is the second largest city in Macedonia. According to the 2002 census, the population is 205.^[1]

Тhe name comes from ЗЛАТНИ АНОВИ (Golden Anovi). The story goes there was a money mint in the village that made bronze & golden coins and had a rest stop with an AN (hotel type accommodation) so БАРЕШАНИ (Barešani) means Golden Anovi (Golden hotel/accommodation).

The AN is usually a two story building with the bottom used to house the animals of travelers and the top part for travelers.

It has three Churches St.Spas (Св.Спас) St.Dimitrija (Св.Димитрија) and St.Merkuri (Св.Меркури) also a monastery. The village celebrates Spasov den (Спасов Ден) which always falls on a Thursday around the first week of July.

During World War II a railway line from Bitola passed at the beginning of the village was used by the Allies to transport goods.

In the 1950s, the village had 100 households but migration started with many inhabitants immigrating to Australia and North America. The majority of the emigrants settled in Australia.

The population uses the households name (besides Family name and First names) to show which household they come from e.g. Atanasovski (Family), Zlatko (first), from Dzolevi (household) (in Macedonian АТАНАСОВСКИ ЗЛАТКО од ЅОЛЕВИ).

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Coordinates: 41°02′N 21°16′E / 41.033°N 21.267°E / 41.033; 21.267