Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

The St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is a Bulgarian Orthodox cathedral in , the capital of . Built in the Neo-Byzantine style, it serves as the cathedral church of the Patriarch of Bulgaria and it is one of the largest Christian church buildings by volume in the world.
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  • Church
  • …is wheelchair accessible
  • …stands 9 metres (30 feet) tall
  • Opening hours: 7:00 AM–7:00 PM
  • Description: Bulgarian Orthodox cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Address: пл. Св. Александър Невски, 1000
  • Also known as
    “Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia”
    “Snt. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral”
    “Храм-паметник Св. Александър Невски”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Sophia and National Academy of Arts.
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The Saint Sofia Church is a Bulgarian Orthodox church, located in , the capital of . is situated 140 metres northwest of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.
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The National Academy of Art is a public institution… is situated 140 metres southeast of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.
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The … is situated 230 metres south of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Largo and Sofia.
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The is an architectural ensemble of three…
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is the capital and largest city of , with about 2 million citizens.
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is a suburb.

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

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Latitude
42.69582° or 42° 41′ 45″ north
Longitude
23.3328° or 23° 19′ 58″ east
Open location code
8GJ5M8WM+84
Open­Street­Map ID
way 155447771
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
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tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q43282

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Alexander Nevsky Cathedral” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاتدرائية ألكسندر نيفيسكي”
  • Armenian: “Ալեքսանդր Նևսկու տաճար”
  • Asturian: “Catedral d’Alejandro Nevski de Sofía”
  • Asturian: “Catedral d’Alexandre Nevski de Sofía”
  • Basque: “Alexandro Nevski katedrala (Sofia)”
  • Basque: “San Alexandro Nevski katedrala”
  • Belarusian: “Катэдра Аляксандра Неўскага”
  • Belarusian: “Храм-помнік Аляксандра Неўскага”
  • Bulgarian: “Александър Невски”
  • Bulgarian: “Свети Александър Невски”
  • Bulgarian: “Храм „Св. Александър Невски“”
  • Bulgarian: “Храм-паметник ‘Св. Александър Невски’”
  • Bulgarian: “Храм-паметник ‘Свети Александър Невски’”
  • Bulgarian: “Храм-паметник „Свети Александър Невски”
  • Bulgarian: “Храм-паметник Александър Невски”
  • Bulgarian: “Храм-паметник Свети Александър Невски”
  • Catalan: “Catedral Alexandre Nevski”
  • Catalan: “catedral d’Alexandre Nevski”
  • Catalan: “Catedral d’Alexandre Nevski”
  • Chinese: “亚历山大·涅夫斯基主教座堂”
  • Chinese: “亚历山大·涅夫斯基大教堂”
  • Chinese: “索非亚亚历山大·涅夫斯基大教堂”
  • Croatian: “Hram Svetog Aleksandra Nevskog u Sofiji”
  • Czech: “Katedrála sv. Alexandra Něvského v Sofii”
  • Czech: “Katedrála svatého Alexandra Něvského”
  • Dutch: “Alexander Nevski-kathedraal”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كاتدرائيه الكسندر نيفيسكى”
  • Esperanto: “Katedralo de Aleksandro Nevski de Sofio”
  • Esperanto: “Katedralo de Aleksandro Nevskij de Sofio”
  • Estonian: “Aleksander Nevski katedraal”
  • Finnish: “Aleksanteri Nevskin katedraali”
  • French: “Cathedrale Alexandre-Nevski de Sofia”
  • French: “cathédrale Alexandre-Nevski de Sofia”
  • French: “Cathédrale Alexandre-Nevski”
  • French: “Cathédrale Saint-Alexandre-Nevski de Sofia”
  • French: “Cathédrale Saint-Alexandre-Nevski”
  • Georgian: “სოფიას ალექსანდრე ნეველის საკათედრო ტაძარი”
  • Georgian: “სოფიის ალექსანდრე ნეველის საკათედრო ტაძარი”
  • German: “Alexander-Newski-Kathedrale”
  • Greek: “Καθεδρικός Ναός Αγίου Αλεξάνδρου Νιέφσκι”
  • Hebrew: “קתדרלת אלכסנדר נבסקי”
  • Hungarian: “Alekszandr Nyevszkij-székesegyház”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Alexander Nevski, Sofia”
  • Indonesian: “Katedral Alexander Nevski”
  • Irish: “Ardeaglais Alexander Nevsky, Sóifia”
  • Italian: “cattedrale di Aleksandăr Nevski”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di Aleksander Nevsky”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di Aleksandr Nevskij”
  • Japanese: “アレクサンドル・ネフスキー大聖堂”
  • Korean: “소피아 알렉산드르 네프스키 성당”
  • Korean: “소피아 알렉산드르 넵스키 대성당”
  • Latvian: “Sofijas Svētā Aleksandra Ņevska katedrāle”
  • Lithuanian: “Aleksandro Nevskio katedra”
  • Macedonian: “Црква Свети Александар Невски”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aleksandr Nevskij-katedralen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Catedrala Sant Alexandre Nevski”
  • Persian: “کلیسای جامع الکساندر نوسکی صوفیه”
  • Polish: “Cerkiew św. Aleksandra Newskiego w Sofii”
  • Polish: “Sobór św. Aleksandra Newskiego w Sofii”
  • Portuguese: “Catedral de Alexandre Nevsky”
  • Romanian: “Catedrala Alexander Nevsky din Sofia”
  • Romanian: “Catedrala Sfântul Alexandru Nevski din Sofia”
  • Russian: “Александра Невского храм-памятник”
  • Russian: “Александро-Невский собор (София)”
  • Russian: “Александро-Невский собор”
  • Russian: “Собор Александра Невского (София)”
  • Russian: “Собор Александра Невского”
  • Russian: “Храм-памятник Александра Невского”
  • Russian: “Храм-памятник Святого Александра Невского”
  • Serbian: “Hram Svetog Aleksandra Nevskog”
  • Serbian: “Храм Светог Александра Невског у Софији”
  • Serbian: “Храм Светог Александра Невског”
  • Serbian: “Храм-паметник Свети Александър Невски”
  • Serbian: “Храм-споменик светог Александра Невског”
  • Serbian: “Храм-споменик Светог Александра Невског”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hram svetog Aleksandra Nevskog u Sofiji”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hram Svetog Aleksandra Nevskog”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Храм Светог Александра Невског”
  • Slovak: “Chrám svätého Alexandra Nevského”
  • Slovenian: “Cerkev sv. Aleksandra Nevskega, Sofija”
  • Slovenian: “Stolnica svetega Aleksandra Nevskega”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Alejandro Nevski de Sofia”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Alejandro Nevski de Sofía”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Alejandro Nevski”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia ortodoxa Alexander Nevskij”
  • Swedish: “Alexander Nevskij-katedralen”
  • Swedish: “Helige Alexander Nevskijs katedral, Sofia”
  • Swedish: “Katedralen i Sofia”
  • Tatar: “Александр Невский гыйбадәтханә-һәйкәле”
  • Telugu: “సెయింట్ అలెగ్జాండర్ నెవ్స్కీ కేథడ్రల్, సోఫియా”
  • Thai: “อาสนวิหารอเล็กซานเดอร์ เนฟสกี”
  • Turkish: “Aleksandr Nevski Katedrali, Sofya”
  • Turkish: “Aleksandr Nevski Katedrali”
  • Ukrainian: “Храм-пам’ятник Олександра Невського”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Thánh Alexander Nevsky, Sofia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Alexander Nevsky Cathedral”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Katedral Alexander Nevsky, Sofia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Katedral Alexander Nevsky”
  • Wu Chinese: “亚历山大·涅夫斯基主教座堂 (索非亚)”
  • Wu Chinese: “亚历山大·涅夫斯基主教座堂（索非亚）”
  • Yue Chinese: “亞歷山大涅夫斯基主教座堂”

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