Boyana

Boyana is a neighbourhood of the capital of , part of Vitosha municipality and situated 8 km south of the city centre, in the outskirts of .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: neighborhood in Sofia (Bulgaria)
  • Also known as: “кв. Бояна”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Boyana Church and National History Museum.

Museum
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The is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church situated on the outskirts of , the capital of , in the Boyana quarter. In 1979, the building was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Museum
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The National Historical Museum in is 's largest museum. It was founded on 5 May 1973. A new representative exhibition was opened in the building of the Court of Justice on 2 March 1984, to commemorate the 13th centenary of the Bulgarian state.

Lake
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is an in mountain near the capital of - . It is located 1.5 km Southeast from Sofia's Boyana neighborhood.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manastriski livadi and Borovo.

Suburb
Photo: Marcian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.

Suburb
Photo: Apostoloff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb, which is situated 3 km northeast of Boyana.

Suburb
Photo: Preslav, Public domain.
is a neighborhood of , which is located at the foot of Vitosha Mountain. It is part of the administrative district "Vitosha" of . is situated 4 km southeast of Boyana.

Boyana

Latitude
42.64621° or 42° 38′ 46″ north
Longitude
23.26675° or 23° 16′ 0″ east
Elevation
706 metres (2,316 feet)
Open location code
8GJ5J7W8+FM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1699688008
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
732995
Wiki­data ID
Q4952224
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Boyana” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بويانة”
  • Belarusian: “Баяна”
  • Bulgarian: “Boyana”
  • Bulgarian: “Бояна (квартал)”
  • Bulgarian: “Бояна (София)”
  • Bulgarian: “Бояна”
  • Catalan: “Boiana”
  • Dutch: “Boyana”
  • Finnish: “Bojana”
  • Greek: “Μπογιάνα”
  • Hebrew: “בויאנה”
  • Polish: “Bojana”
  • Portuguese: “Boiana”
  • Russian: “Бояна”
  • Turkish: “Boyana”
  • Ukrainian: “Бояна”

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