Balkans
Bulgaria
Sofia-Capital

Boyana Lake

Boyana Lake is an in mountain near the capital of - . It is located 1.5 km Southeast from Sofia's neighborhood.
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Photo: Deensel, CC BY 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Boyana Church and National History Museum.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church situated on the outskirts of , the capital of , in the quarter. In 1979, the building was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
The National Historical Museum in is 's largest museum. It was founded on 5 May 1973. A new representative exhibition was opened in the building of the Court of Justice on 2 March 1984, to commemorate the 13th centenary of the Bulgarian state.

Waterfall
Photo: Mrejorix, Public domain.
is the largest waterfall in the mountain massif in western , with a height of 25 meters.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vladaya and Dragalevtsi.

Village
Photo: Spiritia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village on the and mountains in western at an altitude of about 1000 m. In the 2011 census in were counted 4043 residents, which makes it the tenth largest village in Bulgaria.

Suburb
Photo: Preslav, Public domain.
is a neighborhood of , which is located at the foot of Vitosha Mountain. It is part of the administrative district "Vitosha" of .

Suburb
Photo: Apostoloff, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a suburb.

Boyana Lake

Latitude
42.6359° or 42° 38′ 9″ north
Longitude
23.2693° or 23° 16′ 9″ east
Open location code
8GJ5J7P9+8P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 296398968
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Wiki­data ID
Q45028642
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Satellite Map

Discover Boyana Lake from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Macedonian—“Boyana Lake” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Боянско езеро”
  • Macedonian: “Бојанско Езеро”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as кв. Бояна and m. Natsionalen Kinotsentar.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Параклис ‘Св. Пантелеймон’ and Суи връх.

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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 “Boyana Lake”. Photo: Deensel, CC BY 2.0.