Boyana Church

The Boyana Church 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.
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  • Opening hours: 9:30 AM—5:30 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: church in Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Church of St. Nicholas and St. Panteleimon in Boyana district”
  • Address: Боянско езеро 3

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National History Museum and Boyana Lake.

Museum
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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. is situated 1¼ km north of Boyana Church.

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

Waterfall
Photo: Mrejorix, Public domain.
is the largest waterfall in the mountain massif in western , with a height of 25 meters. is situated 2 km southwest of Boyana Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Manastriski livadi and Borovo.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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is a suburb, which is situated 3½ km northeast of Boyana Church.

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 . is situated 4 km east of Boyana Church.

Boyana Church

Latitude
42.64464° or 42° 38′ 41″ north
Longitude
23.2662° or 23° 15′ 58″ east
Levels
1
Open location code
8GJ5J7V8+VF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 44890267
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Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­church
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tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q276553
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Boyana Church” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة بويانا”
  • Armenian: “Բոյանայի եկեղեցի”
  • Azerbaijani: “Boyana kilsəsi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Boyana Kilsəsi”
  • Bashkir: “Боян сиркәүе”
  • Belarusian: “Баянская царква”
  • Bulgarian: “Боянска църква”
  • Bulgarian: “Боянска черква”
  • Bulgarian: “Боянската църква”
  • Bulgarian: “Църква „Св. Никола и св. Пантелеймон“ в кв. Бояна”
  • Burmese: “ဘိုယာနာ ဘုရားရှိခိုးကျောင်း”
  • Catalan: “Boiana”
  • Catalan: “església de Boiana”
  • Catalan: “Església de Boiana”
  • Chinese: “博亚纳教堂”
  • Chinese: “博雅纳教堂”
  • Croatian: “Bojanska crkva”
  • Czech: “Bojanský kostel”
  • Danish: “Bojana-kirken”
  • Danish: “Boyana-kirken”
  • Dutch: “Boyanakerk”
  • Dutch: “Kerk van Bojana”
  • Dutch: “kerk van Boyana”
  • Dutch: “Kerk van Boyana”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه بويانا”
  • Esperanto: “Bojana preĝejo”
  • Finnish: “Bojanan kirkko”
  • French: “Eglise de Boyana”
  • French: “église de Boyana”
  • French: “Église de Boyana”
  • Georgian: “ბოიანის ეკლესია”
  • German: “Kirche von Bojana”
  • Greek: “Εκκλησία της Μπογιάνα”
  • Greek: “Μπογιάνα”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית בויאנה”
  • Hindi: “बोयाना चर्च”
  • Hungarian: “Bojana-templom”
  • Hungarian: “Боянска църква”
  • Indonesian: “Gereja Boyana”
  • Italian: “chiesa di Bojana”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di Bojana”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di Boyana”
  • Japanese: “ボヤナ教会”
  • Korean: “보야나 교회”
  • Latvian: “Bojanas baznīca”
  • Lithuanian: “Bojanos cerkvė”
  • Macedonian: “Бојанска црква”
  • Malayalam: “ബൊയാന ചർച്ച്”
  • Maltese: “Knisja ta‘ Boyana”
  • Maltese: “Knisja ta’ Boyana”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bojanakirken”
  • Norwegian: “Bojanakirken”
  • Persian: “کلیسای بویانا”
  • Polish: “Cerkiew Bojańska w Sofii”
  • Polish: “cerkiew Bojańska”
  • Polish: “Cerkiew bojańska”
  • Polish: “Cerkiew Bojańska”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de Boiana”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de Boyana”
  • Romanian: “Biserica Boiana”
  • Russian: “Боянская церковь”
  • Serbian: “Crkva Bojana”
  • Serbian: “Црква Бојана”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bojanska crkva”
  • Slovak: “Bojanský chrám”
  • Slovak: “Bojanský kostol”
  • Slovenian: “Bojanska cerkev”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de Boyana”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de Boyana”
  • Swedish: “Bojanakyrkan”
  • Swedish: “Boyanakyrkan”
  • Turkish: “Boyana Kilisesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Боянська церква”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà thờ Boyana”

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