The city named before the Balkan Wars, it was a township (kaza) with the name Koprulu in Uskub sandjak, vilayet, Ottoman empire for 600 years.
The city is named after a Slavic god Veles. After World War II, the city was known as Titov Veles after Yugoslavian president Josip Broz Tito, but the Titov was removed when Macedonia became an independent nation.
In Veles is opened the first school in Macedonian language, the first high school, the first theater, library rights, the first museum and first music school. Among the most famous monuments preserved medieval monastery is Sv.Dimitrija (XIV century), and as architectural value, is best known Sv.Pantelejmon church (XIX century).
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