Saint George Rotunda

The Church of Saint George is a late antique red brick rotunda in , . 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.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: Early Christian red brick rotunda that is considered the oldest church building in Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Church of Saint George, Sofia” and “Saint George Rotunda Church”
  • Address: бул. Княз Александър Дондуков 2, София, 1000
  • Roof shape: pyramidal
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Archaeological Institute with Museum and Saint Nedelya Cathedral, 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 150 metres east of Saint George Rotunda.

Church
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The Saint Nedelya Cathedral, is an Eastern Orthodox cathedral in , the capital of , a cathedral of the Sofia bishopric of the Bulgarian Patriarchate. is situated 120 metres west of Saint George Rotunda.

Mosque
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is a Sunni Islamic in , . is situated 290 metres north of Saint George Rotunda.

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 and largest city of , 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.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Saint George Rotunda

Latitude
42.69691° or 42° 41′ 49″ north
Longitude
23.32288° or 23° 19′ 22″ east
Levels
1
Height
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
8GJ5M8WF+Q5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 171437780
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­pyramidal
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q2598073
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Saint George Rotunda” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “San Jurgi eliza (Sofia)”
  • Basque: “San Jurgi eliza”
  • Belarusian: “Ратонда Святога Георгія”
  • Bulgarian: “Ротонда „Свети Георги”
  • Bulgarian: “Свети Георги”
  • Catalan: “església de Sant Jordi”
  • Catalan: “Església de Sant Jordi”
  • Chinese: “聖喬治教堂”
  • Dutch: “Kerk van Sint Joris”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Joriskerk (Sofia)”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Joriskerk”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديس جورج روتوندا”
  • Esperanto: “preĝejo de Sankta Georgo ĉe Sofio”
  • French: “Rotonde Saint-Georges de Sofia”
  • French: “Rotonde Saint-Georges”
  • Galician: “Igrexa de San Xurxo de Sofía”
  • German: “Rotunde des Heiligen Georg”
  • Greek: “Church of St. George”
  • Italian: “chiesa di San Giorgio”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di San Giorgio”
  • Japanese: “聖ゲオルギ教会”
  • Japanese: “聖ゲオルギ聖堂 (ソフィア)”
  • Japanese: “聖ゲオルギ聖堂”
  • Macedonian: “Црква Свети Ѓорѓи”
  • Polish: “Cerkiew Świętego Jerzego w Sofii”
  • Polish: “Kościół św. Jerzego w Sofii”
  • Russian: “Ротонда Святого Георгия”
  • Serbian: “Црква Светог Ђорђа у Софији”
  • Slovak: “Chrám svätého Juraja”
  • Slovenian: “Cerkev sv. Jurija, Sofija”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de Sveti Georgi”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de Sveti Georgi”
  • Turkish: “Sveti Georgi Kilisesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Ротонда святого Георгія (Софія)”
  • Ukrainian: “Ротонда святого Георгія”

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