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 Bulgaria.Photo: Кардам, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Patleyna monastery.
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, Preslav. Patleyna monastery is situated 2 km southeast of Round Church, Preslav.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Veliki Preslav and Imrenchevo.
Veliki Preslav
Photo: Evelina Jordanova, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Veliki Preslav is a small town in northeastern Bulgaria, not far from Shumen. It was the site of the second capital of medieval Bulgaria, and now the ruins are a national archeological reserve.
Imrenchevo
Village
Photo: Ziko2, Public domain.
Imrenchevo is a village, which is situated 7 km northwest of Round Church, Preslav.
Ivanovo
Village
Photo: Izvora, Public domain.
Ivanovo is a village in the municipality of Varbitsa, located in the Shumen Province of northeastern Bulgaria. The village covers an area of 26.311 square kilometres and is located 280.805 kilometres from Sofia. Ivanovo is situated 9 km southwest of Round Church, Preslav.
Round Church, Preslav
- Type: Historic site
- Description: 10th-century church ruin in Preslav, Bulgaria
- Categories: Eastern Orthodox church building, church ruin, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Veliki Preslav, Shumen, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
43.14226° or 43° 8′ 32″ northLongitude
26.81317° or 26° 48′ 47″ eastOpen location code
8GM84RR7+W7OpenStreetMap ID
way 194285677OpenStreetMap feature
historic=cathedralWikidata ID
Q7371012
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“Round Church, Preslav” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Златната църква”
- Bulgarian: “Кръгла църква в Преслав”
- Bulgarian: “Кръгла църква”
- Bulgarian: “Кръглата църква”
- Catalan: “Església Redona (Preslav)”
- Catalan: “Església Redona”
- Croatian: “Crkva svetog Ivana u Velikom Preslavu”
- Croatian: “Okrugla crkva”
- Croatian: “Zlatna crkva”
- French: “Rotonde de Veliki Preslav”
- Georgian: “პრესლავის მრგვალი ეკლესია”
- German: “Goldene Kirche”
- German: “Rundkirche Preslaw”
- Italian: “Chiesa rotonda”
- Italian: “Rotonda di Veliki Preslav”
- Macedonian: “Тркалезна црква”
- Portuguese: “Igreja Redonda”
- Romanian: “Biserica rotundă din Preslav”
- Russian: “Круглая церковь”
- Serbian: “Округла црква”
- Slovenian: “Okrogla cerkev, Preslav”
- Spanish: “Iglesia Redonda (Preslav)”
- Spanish: “iglesia Redonda”
- Spanish: “Iglesia Redonda”
- Ukrainian: “Преславська кругла церква”
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