ANDONOV-ČENTO SQUARE
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This approximately 1.3-hectare pedestrian esplanade (Плоштад Методија Андонов-Ченто/Ploštad Metodija Andonov-Čento) forms Prilep's central square. Here you'll find the tourist office kiosk, located along Goce-Delčev Boulevard, as well as numerous stores, cafés and restaurants with terraces. To the east, the square is bordered by the small Ottoman quarter of the Old Bazaar, itself home to shops of all kinds, and beyond which stand the Clock Tower and the ruins of the Sharia Mosque. The square is named after Prilep politician Metodija Andonov-Čento (1902-1957), who died in prison for his anti-Yugoslav stance. It is home to a statue in his honor, as well as two other recent monuments representing Serbian prince Marko Mrnjavčević (c. 1335-1395) and Macedonian Bulgarian revolutionary Gorče Petrov (1865-1921). The square continues south along the pedestrian street named in honor of partisan Metodija Šatorov-Šarlo (1897-1944) to the Prilep River (Прилепска Река/Prilepska Reka), a tributary of the Crna Reka. To the north, beyond Goce-Delčev Boulevard, lies the small Metodija-Andonov-Čento municipal park (approx. 1 ha). This is adorned with a recent statue of Alexander the Great, here wearing a sarissa, the long spear that equipped Macedonian phalanxes. Bordered on the north by the town hall building, the park also features a fountain and a monument to Kruševo pop singer Toše Proeski (1981-2007).
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