Boyana
Boyana is a neighbourhood of the Bulgarian capital of Sofia, part of Vitosha municipality and situated 8 km south of the city centre, in the outskirts of Vitosha.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Boyana Church and National History Museum.
Boyana Church
Museum
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The Boyana Church is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church situated on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, in the Boyana quarter. In 1979, the building was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.
National History Museum
Museum
The National Historical Museum in Sofia is Bulgaria'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.
Boyana Lake
Lake
Boyana Lake is an artificial lake in Vitosha mountain near the capital of Bulgaria - Sofia. It is located 1.5 km Southeast from Sofia's Boyana neighborhood.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Manastirski livadi and zh.k. Borovo.
zh.k. Borovo
Suburb
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zh.k. Borovo is a suburb, which is situated 3 km northeast of Boyana.
Yuzhen park
Neighborhood
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Yuzhen park is a neighborhood, which is situated 4½ km northeast of Boyana.
Boyana
- Type: Locality
- Description: neighborhood in Sofia (Bulgaria)
- Categories: neighborhood and former village
- Location: Municipality of the Capital, Sofia-grad, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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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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Notable Places Nearby
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