Andrey Damyanov
Andrey Damyanov (; ; ) (1813–1878), or Andreja Damjanović was an architect from the modern-day North Macedonia. His works include more than 40 buildings, most of them churches, built between 1835 and 1878, and spread along the Vardar and Morava Valley, with an extension of his works found in Bosnia and Herzegovina as well. Origin Damyanov has often included in histories of the Bulgarian and Serbian architectural literature, but his biography does not reveal the existence of specific national motivation behind his works. Today he is also described as a “Macedonian master” in North Macedonia, but Macedonian identity was inchoate at that time. Andrey Damyanov comes from a notable Mijak family of architects, Icon-painters and sculptors originating in Debar, western Macedonia, the Renzovski-Zografski-Dospevski. His grandfather is Siljan Renzovski who was mentioned in the construction of Veles-quarters of Emin Aga. For him is known data, that his group worked in Thrace, Edirne and Istanbul. Sons of Siljan, Jankula and Stephen, were also builders and worked in Thessaloniki, Drama, Kavala, Serres and Izmir. His father, Damjan, was a church builder in Greece. Andrey had three brothers, Gjorgi the painter, Nikola the wood carver, and Kosta, who helped them all. Andrey had a