Kokino - Archaeological Monument (Ancient observatory)

Observatory is located below the peak Taticev Kamen at 1,013 meters above sea level. Archaeologists from the National Museum of Kumanovo point out in their findings the use of this ancient site as “Holy Mountain” since the first half of 2nd millennium. Key agreement for the claim that this is a very old observatory is the fact of the repeating of the places of moon-rise after a period of 18,6 years, marked with markers. In time, tribal communities have observed with great interest the movement of the celestial bodies and use them in making calendars for identifying the days for their ritual activates a for starting the agricultural and life-stock breeding activates every season, for those very important for their survival. According to the American space observatory NASA the Kokino observatory is ranked fourth on the list of 15 ancient observatories throughout the world.