Round Church, Preslav

The Round Church, also known as the Golden Church or the Church of St John, is a large partially preserved early medieval Eastern Orthodox church. It lies in Preslav, the former capital of the First Bulgarian Empire, today a town in northeastern .
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  • Type: Historic site
  • Description: 10th-century church ruin in Preslav, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Crkva svetog Ivana u Velikom Preslavu”, “Goldene Kirche”, “Iglesia Redonda (Preslav)”, “Zlatna crkva”, “Złota Cerkiew”, “Златната църква”, “Кръгла църква в Преслав”, and “Кръглата църква”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Patleyna monastery.

Place of worship
Photo: Izvora, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Patleina Monastery of Saint Pantaleon is a ruined Bulgarian Orthodox monastery. It is an archaeological site situated at the outskirts of the capital of the First Bulgarian Empire, . is situated 2 km southeast of Round Church, Preslav.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Veliki Preslav and Imrenchevo.

Photo: Evelina Jordanova, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small town in , not far from . It was the site of the second capital of medieval Bulgaria, and now the ruins are a national archeological reserve.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 7 km northwest of Round Church, Preslav.

Village
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is a in the municipality of Varbitsa, located in the of northeastern . The village covers an area of 26.311 square kilometres and is located 280.805 kilometres from . is situated 9 km southwest of Round Church, Preslav.

Round Church, Preslav

Latitude
43.14226° or 43° 8′ 32″ north
Longitude
26.81317° or 26° 48′ 47″ east
Open location code
8GM84RR7+W7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 194285677
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­cathedral
Wiki­data ID
Q7371012
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Round Church, Preslav” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Кръгла църква”
  • Catalan: “Església Redona (Preslav)”
  • Catalan: “Església Redona”
  • Croatian: “Okrugla crkva”
  • French: “Rotonde de Veliki Preslav”
  • Georgian: “პრესლავის მრგვალი ეკლესია”
  • German: “Rundkirche Preslaw”
  • Italian: “Chiesa rotonda”
  • Italian: “Rotonda di Veliki Preslav”
  • Korean: “원형 교회”
  • Macedonian: “Тркалезна црква”
  • Polish: “Okrągła Cerkiew”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja Redonda”
  • Romanian: “Biserica rotundă din Preslav”
  • Russian: “Круглая церковь”
  • Serbian: “Округла црква”
  • Slovenian: “Okrogla cerkev, Preslav”
  • Spanish: “iglesia Redonda”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia Redonda”
  • Ukrainian: “Преславська кругла церква”

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