Sveta Nedelya Sq.

Sveta Nedelya Sq. is a square in Municipality of the Capital, Sofia-Capital. Sveta Nedelya Sq. is situated nearby to the church Saint Nedelya Cathedral, Sofia, as well as near National Church Museum of History and Archaeology of the Holy Synod.

Type: Square
Description: square in Sofia (Bulgaria)
Also known as: “pl. Sveta Nedelya”, “Sveta Nedelya”, and “пл. Ленин”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Saint Nedelya Cathedral, Sofia and National Archaeological Institute with Museum.

Saint Nedelya Cathedral, Sofia

Church

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The Saint Nedelya Cathedral, is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, a cathedral of the Sofia bishopric of the Bulgarian Patriarchate.

National Archaeological Institute with Museum

Museum

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The National Archaeological Museum is an archaeological museum in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It occupies the building of the largest and oldest former Ottoman mosque in the city, originally known as Koca Mahmut Paşa Camii. National Archaeological Institute with Museum is situated 240 metres east of Sveta Nedelya Sq..

Saint George Rotunda

Church

Photo: Preslav, Public domain.

The Church of Saint George is a late antique red brick rotunda in Sofia, Bulgaria. Built in the early 4th century CE as Roman baths, it became a church inside the walls of Serdica, capital of ancient Dacia Mediterranea during the Roman and Byzantine eras. Saint George Rotunda is situated 120 metres northeast of Sveta Nedelya Sq..

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sofia and Largo.

Sofia

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Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria, with about 2 million citizens. It is a dynamic European capital, distinguished by its unique combination of European and communist-style architecture as well as many beautiful Orthodox churches, including the grand Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and the medieval frescos of Boyana Church.

Largo

Locality

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The Largo is an architectural ensemble of three Socialist Classicism buildings around Independence Square in central Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It was designed and built in the 1950s with the intention of becoming the city's new representative centre.