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



  In this Oct. 23, 2012 photo statues are seen on the new pedestrian Art Bridge under construction over the Vardar river 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 statues are seen on the new pedestrian Art Bridge under construction over the Vardar river 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)