The town Bitola, known as the town of the consuls, is second town in Macedonia. It occupies an important part of the Pelagonija's valley, and represent an important crossroad, connecting the south part of the Adriatic Sea with the Egei Sea and with the Central Europe. The town is situated in the upper part of the river Dragor, which separates the town on two parts, at the height above the sea level of 600 m.
Bitola is a cradle of Macedonian culture, progress and development, a town of the consuls, tradition and history, university center in the greatest part of Southwest Macedonia. It is settled at the beginning of the mountain Baba (peak Pelister 2601 m) existed from seventh century.
Bitola is well known by its monuments: like mosques, an old Watch tower, cobblestones and the written documents in the diplomatic archives in the bigger Europian and Balkan countries, interested for strategic importance of these 1716 m2. After arriving of the french consul, there comes the time of the eight other consulates, growing of the wealth and stronger trade. Period of contrasts that continues: wealth and poorness. In 1899, there were 500 pianos in the town, and it was the fashion "a la franga" - town in which "there was only food, drink and song". With 500 national songs, the largest number of songs on the Balkan, Bitola was the town where Milton Manaki had "stopped" the time with the first film camera, nowadays known as "Camera 300", thus opening new horizons.
The town Bitola, known by its symbol Pelister, is very proud of his cultural happenings: renovated theatre, Folklore festival "Ilinden days", "Heraclies nights", Festival of classic music "Interfest", Trienal of the modren graphics, worldly known Painting colony of the young ambasadors "Small Bitola's Monmartr" etc.