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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral 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.
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  • Opening hours: 7:00 AM—7:00 PM
  • Type: Church
  • Description: Bulgarian Orthodox cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia” and “Snt. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral”
  • Address: пл. Св. Александър Невски, 1000
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Sophia and SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library.

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. is situated 130 metres northwest of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.

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 290 metres southeast of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.

University
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The National Academy of Art is an institution of higher education in , . It is the oldest and most renowned school of arts in the country. is situated 140 metres southeast of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Largo and Sofia.

Locality
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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
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is a suburb.

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Latitude
42.69583° or 42° 41′ 45″ north
Longitude
23.33278° or 23° 19′ 58″ east
Height
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
8GJ5M8WM+84
Open­Street­Map ID
way 155447771
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
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: “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 „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: “亞歷山大涅夫斯基主教座堂”
  • 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”
  • German: “Alexander-Newski-Kathedrale”
  • Greek: “Καθεδρικός Ναός Αγίου Αλεξάνδρου Νιέφσκι (Σόφια)”
  • 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 Alexandr 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, Sofia”
  • Swedish: “Alexander Nevskij-katedralen”
  • Swedish: “Katedralen i Sofia”
  • 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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