Monument to the Tsar Liberator

The Monument to the Tsar Liberator is an in the centre of , the capital of . It was created in honour of Russian Emperor Alexander II, who liberated the Russian Serfs and won the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–78.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: equestrian monument in the center of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library.

Church
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St. is a Bulgarian Orthodox cathedral in , the capital of . Built in the Neo-Byzantine style, it serves as the cathedral church of the Patriarch of Bulgaria and it is one of the largest Christian church buildings by volume in the world. is situated 230 metres north of Monument to the Tsar Liberator.

Library
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The is the national library of , situated in the capital city of . Founded on 4 April 1878, the library received the status of Bulgarian National Library three years later and the Bulgarian National Revival Archive was merged into it in 1924. is situated 320 metres east of Monument to the Tsar Liberator.

Community center
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is a community center.

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.

Photo: Bin im Garten, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Monument to the Tsar Liberator

Latitude
42.69374° or 42° 41′ 38″ north
Longitude
23.33232° or 23° 19′ 56″ east
Open location code
8GJ5M8VJ+FW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 310482763
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q2037523
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Monument to the Tsar Liberator” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نصب القيصر المحرر التذكاري”
  • Armenian: “Ալեքսանդր II-ի հուշարձան (Սոֆիա)”
  • Armenian: “Ալեքսանդր II-ի հուշարձան”
  • Belarusian: “Помнік Цару-Вызваліцелю”
  • Bulgarian: “Паметник на Освободителите”
  • Bulgarian: “Паметник на Цар Освободител”
  • Bulgarian: “Цар Освободител”
  • Chinese: “沙皇解放者紀念碑”
  • Finnish: “Vapauttajatsaarin monumentti”
  • French: “monument au Tsar Libérateur”
  • French: “Monument au Tsar Libérateur”
  • Hungarian: “Monument to the Tsar Liberator”
  • Hungarian: “Szabadság cárjának lovasszobra”
  • Hungarian: “Паметник на Цар Освободител”
  • Japanese: “解放者皇帝のモニュメント”
  • Latvian: “Cara Atbrīvotāja piemineklis”
  • Macedonian: “Цар Ослободител”
  • Russian: “Памятник Царю-освободителю”
  • Russian: “Памятник Царю-Освободителю”
  • Serbian: “Споменик Цару Ослободиоцу Александру II”
  • Slovak: “Pamätník Cára Osloboditeľa”
  • Spanish: “Monumento al Zar Libertador”

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