Article Photos: Skopje, Macedonia: Kitsch capital of the Balkans



  In this Oct. 23, 2012 photo Skopje city map is seen in front of the monument "Boatmen of Thessaloníki" , in downtown Skopje, Macedonia. Grandiose buildings, monuments, fountains and bridges are dotting the city center as part of a government project called Skopje 2014, officially intended to rebuild a city that lost many of its landmarks in a 1963 earthquake. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

In this Oct. 23, 2012 photo Skopje city map is seen in front of the monument "Boatmen of Thessaloníki" , in downtown Skopje, Macedonia. Grandiose buildings, monuments, fountains and bridges are dotting the city center as part of a government project called Skopje 2014, officially intended to rebuild a city that lost many of its landmarks in a 1963 earthquake. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)