Located 18 miles south of Ohrid, the monastery was established in the Bulgarian Empire in 905 by St Naum of Ohrid. The area where the monastery of St Naum (Albanian: Shën Naum[5]) lies belonged to Albania for a short period from 1912 until June 28, 1925, when Zog of Albania ceded it to Yugoslavia as a result of negotiations between Albania and Yugoslavia and as a gesture of goodwill.