The town of Ohrid, in the southernmost part of Macedonia, was the cradle of Slavonic literacy, which brothers Cyril and Methodius, and later their disciples - St. Clement and St. Naum, spread to other Slav peoples from the Ohrid Literary School which was the first Slavonic University in the Balkans, long before Bologna. Ohrid is a city-museum with numerous archaeological treasures such as early Christian basilicas and an abundance of churches such as St. John at Kaneo, perched dramatically on the cliffs above the lake. It is an excellent base to explore nearby national parks.