The town is one of the
youngest in the country of Macedonia. It was settled by theTurks, by Bayram Pasha respectively
and it had a function as a fort to strengthen that region. The formation of the
town is noticed in the Turkish documents from 1633. This includes a stone plate
with Arabic encryption on the entrance of the fortress. The plate was later
moved to the mosque which was situated in the center of the town and now is
kept in the Museum of Macedonia in
