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The Unknown Soldier

The Monument to the Unknown Soldier is a monument in the centre of , the capital of , located just next to the 6th-century Church of St Sophia, on 2 Paris Street.
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: Monument in Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Monument to the Unknown Soldier” and “Monument to the Unknown Soldier, Sofia”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and St. Sophia.

Church
Photo: MrPanyGoff, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. is a Bulgarian Orthodox cathedral in , the capital of . Built in Neo-Byzantine style, it serves as the cathedral church of the Patriarch of Bulgaria and it is one of the 100 largest Christian church buildings by volume in the world. is situated 120 metres southeast of The Unknown Soldier.

Church
Photo: Klearchos Kapoutsis, CC BY 2.0.
The Saint Sofia Church is one of the oldest churches in the capital of , dating to the fourth century. In the 14th century, the city was renamed after the church.

Library
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The is the national library of , situated in the capital city of . Founded on 4 April 1878, the library received the status of Bulgarian National Library three years later and the Bulgarian National Revival Archive was merged into it in 1924. is situated 400 metres southeast of The Unknown Soldier.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Largo and Sofia.

Locality
Photo: Bin im Garten, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an architectural ensemble of three Socialist Classicism buildings around Independence Square in central , the capital of . It was designed and built in the 1950s with the intention of becoming the city's new representative centre.

Photo: Bin im Garten, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital of . It is also the biggest city in the country with about 2 million citizens. Today, is a dynamic European capital, distinguished by its unique combination of European and communist-style architecture as well as many beautiful Orthodox churches.

Suburb
Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb.

The Unknown Soldier

Latitude
42.69635° or 42° 41′ 47″ north
Longitude
23.33152° or 23° 19′ 54″ east
Open location code
8GJ5M8WJ+GJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4913020290
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Wiki­data ID
Q585900
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Western Panjabi—“The Unknown Soldier” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Паметник на Незнайния воин”
  • Chinese: “无名烈士墓”
  • Esperanto: “Monumento al la Nekonata Soldato”
  • German: “Unbekannter Soldat”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרטת החייל האלמוני (סופיה)”
  • Hebrew: “אנדרטת החייל האלמוני”
  • Japanese: “無名戦士の記念碑 (ソフィア)”
  • Japanese: “無名戦士の記念碑”
  • Macedonian: “Споменик на незнајниот војник”
  • Slovak: “Pamätník Neznámeho vojaka”
  • Spanish: “Monumento al Soldado Desconocido”
  • Ukrainian: “Пам’ятник Невідомому воякові (Софія)”
  • Ukrainian: “Пам’ятник Невідомому воякові”
  • Urdu: “نامعلوم سپاہی کی یادگار (صوفیہ)”
  • Urdu: “نامعلوم سپاہی کی یادگار”
  • Western Panjabi: “نامعلوم سپاہی دی یادگار (صوفیہ)”
  • Western Panjabi: “نامعلوم سپاہی دی یادگار”

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