Devil’s Wall is a mysterious stone formation that nowadays represents a real mystery that cannot be solved, which is located on the southern slopes of the Bogoslovec Hill, in the southern part of the Municipality of Sveti Nikole, within the eastern part of the Republic of Macedonia.
Since there are not that many people who know about this rare jewel, which in some way is amazing, there are legends that attract many people who are not interested in its beauty. The location where the Devil’s Wall is located is somewhat difficult, as it requires some hiking, and the easiest way to reach it is through the top of the hill Bogoslovec. Once you reach the top, the landscape view will take your breath away.
As you will have an amazing overlook of the valley of Ovche Pole and the mountains surrounding it, as soon as you start descending from the top, you will notice the Devil’s Wall, with the river Bregalnica in the back. When you reach the Devil’s Wall, you will see right away the uniqueness it has, with its carved stones in different shapes. Even though there are no official measures to confirm its size, it is considered to be 500 meters (1,640 feet) long, 12 meters (39 feet) high, and 2 meters (7 feet) wide, and the uniqueness comes from its color.
The surrounding earth is red-yellow in color; however, the Devil’s Wall has a distinct, slightly white, somewhat darkened color. All the stones are connected with some thin red material, which still can not give a clue to the scientists whether it is man-made or not, so it is open to interpretation.
There is one legend from which it got the name, and it goes like this: One night, the Devil made a bet with God that he would flood the valley of Ovche Pole with the construction of a wall that would redirect the Bregalnica River. Since God accepted the bet, but he was convinced that the Devil would fail, while the agreement was that the Devil had time until the first rooster announces the beginning of the day.
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That same night, the Devil’s Wall started coming into existence, and it was done really fast, which made God rethink his bet. As God is being clever, he somehow cheated and has awakened a rooster to announce the day a bit earlier than usual, and the Devil would not succeed in his intention. By using the rooster to stop the Devil’s work, that is how the whole valley was spared, as well as the people who were living in the valley.
Nevertheless, other people have some other theories about the Devil’s Wall, and one of which is that Alexander the Great, aka the Macedonian, has buried a treasure in a tunnel near the Devil’s Wall, which, from time to time, is becoming a victim of unlawful diggings and is being slowly destroyed.
Maybe the craziest idea is that, according to some locals, the Devil’s Wall was built from UFOs that have been visiting Bogoslovec from time to time. Nonetheless, there have been some plans for the local authorities to make this alluring wall a tourist attraction and put it under protection; however, many resources and finances will be needed to do so, and with the constant corruption in the countryas well as constant changes of local governments, no such plans will come to fruition.
In conclusion, as an unknown jewel of Macedonia, the Devil’s Wall definitely has a great potential that one day may become a well-known attraction in the world, with the hope that it will be spared from mass tourism and possible destruction of the incoming flux of high numbers of tourists.
