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Church of St Paraskeva, Sofia

The Church of St Paraskeva is a Bulgarian Orthodox church in , the capital of . The church, dedicated to Saint Paraskeva, is located on 58 Georgi Rakovski Street in the centre of the city.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: church in Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Saint Paraskeva Church”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Embassy of Ireland and Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.

Government office
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is a government office, which is situated 200 metres west of Church of St Paraskeva, Sofia.

Church
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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 680 metres southeast of Church of St Paraskeva, Sofia.

Museum
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The National Archaeological Museum is an archaeological in the centre of , the capital of . It occupies the building of the largest and oldest former Ottoman in the city, originally known as Koca Mahmut Paşa Camii. is situated 640 metres southwest of Church of St Paraskeva, Sofia.

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.

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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.

Church of St Paraskeva, Sofia

Latitude
42.70122° or 42° 42′ 4″ north
Longitude
23.32885° or 23° 19′ 44″ east
Open location code
8GJ5P82H+FG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 166213060
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q5117670
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Slovak—“Church of St Paraskeva, Sofia” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Света Параскева (София)”
  • Bulgarian: “Света Параскева”
  • Macedonian: “Света Параскева”
  • Macedonian: “Света Петка”
  • Macedonian: “Црква Света Петка”
  • Slovak: “Chrám svätej Paraskevy (Sofia)”
  • Slovak: “Chrám svätej Paraskevy”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Енорийски център към храм Св. ВМЧЦА Параскева and Chinese cultural center.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Church of St Paraskeva, Sofia”. Photo: Klearchos Kapoutsis, CC BY 2.0.