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Alexander of Battenberg

The Memorial Tomb of Alexander I of Battenberg, better known as the Battenberg Mausoleum in , the capital of , is the mausoleum and final resting place of Prince Alexander I of Bulgaria, the first Head of State of modern Bulgaria.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: memorial tomb in Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Battenberg Mausoleum”
  • Postal code: 1000
  • Wheelchair access: no
Photo: Nikolai Karaneschev, CC BY 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and Vasil Levski National Stadium.

Church
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St. is a Bulgarian Orthodox cathedral in , the capital of . Built in Neo-Byzantine style, it serves as the cathedral church of the Patriarch of Bulgaria and it is one of the 100 largest Christian church buildings by volume in the world. is situated 480 metres north of Alexander of Battenberg.

Stadium
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, named after national hero and revolutionary Vasil Levski, is the country's second largest stadium. The stadium has 43,230 seats and is located in the centre of , on the territory of the city's oldest and most famous park - the Borisova gradina. is situated 490 metres southeast of Alexander of Battenberg.

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 470 metres northeast of Alexander of Battenberg.

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 of . It is also the biggest city in the country with about 2 million citizens. Today, is a dynamic European capital, distinguished by its unique combination of European and communist-style architecture as well as many beautiful Orthodox churches.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Alexander of Battenberg

Latitude
42.69151° or 42° 41′ 29″ north
Longitude
23.33246° or 23° 19′ 57″ east
Open location code
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Open­Street­Map ID
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q3137068
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Alexander of Battenberg” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “маўзалей Аляксандра Батэнберга”
  • Bulgarian: “Мавзолей на Александър I Батенберг”
  • Bulgarian: “Мавзолей на Александър Батенберг”
  • Bulgarian: “Мавзолей на Батенберг”
  • Bulgarian: “Мавзолеят на княз Александър Батенберг”
  • Catalan: “Mausoleu Battenberg”
  • Chinese: “巴滕堡的亞歷山大一世墓”
  • Chinese: “王子亚历山大一世陵墓”
  • Dutch: “Battenberg Mausoleum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ضريح باتنبرج”
  • French: “Alexandre Ier de Bulgarie”
  • French: “mausolée de Battenberg”
  • French: “Mausolée de Battenberg”
  • German: “Battenberg-Mausoleum”
  • Hebrew: “המאוזוליאום ע’ש באטנברג”
  • Japanese: “バッテンベルク霊廟”
  • Macedonian: “Мавзолеј на Александар Батенберг”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Battenberg Mausoleum”
  • Ossetian: “Александр Баттенберджы мавзолей”
  • Persian: “آرامگاه باتنبرگ”
  • Portuguese: “Mausoléu Battenberg”
  • Russian: “Мавзолей Александра Баттенберга”
  • Slovak: “Mauzóleum kniežaťa Alexandra I.”
  • Spanish: “Mausoleo Battenberg”
  • Ukrainian: “Мавзолей Олександра Баттенберґа”

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