Almost one millennium the town of Radovish is looking into the sky the same way as
many years ago, its queen (the princess of slavic origin) Rada was looking from the
wall of the fortress (the old castle) when she became upset by her fiancees exclamation
"Rado Vish" (look with pleasure). This exclamation that was supposed to warn her of
the enemy attack became, according to the legend, the name of the city and a synonim of
its endurance over the centuries to come. After the settlement of the slaves and the
formation of the first Macedonian state of king Samuil, Radovish became a buisiness
center while the medieval town of Konche was a monastery and episcopal center. As a
settlement and a regional town parish, Radovish is mentioned for the first time in the
deed of the Byzantian tzar Vasilie II in 1019. In that time, the town was located in
the North-West of the town today, on the banks of the Old river, where we can find
traces of several churches for example the St. Archangel church.
In the 14th century, after the destruction of the Byzantine Empire, Radovish found
itself in the Serve medievalstate. In 1361, the tzar Urosh sojourned in Radovish.
During the Ottoman Empire, in the 17th Century, Radovish was acady, under the Kustendil
sundjak, and it belonged to the diocese of the Kustendil metropolitan. In that time,
the town had 3000-4000 inhabitants.
At the end of the 17th Century, and the beginning of the 18th Century, the town
marketplace was already for med.
