Doctors Memorial

Doctors Memorial is a memorial in , . Doctors Memorial is situated nearby to the park , as well as near the memorial .
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: monument in Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Doctors monument, Sofia”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Doctors‘ Garden and Alexander Nevsky Cathedral.

Park
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The Doctors' Garden is a in the capital between the Oborishte and Shipka streets. It is located behind the SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library and close to many of the historical monuments and state institutions in the capital.

Church
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The 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 480 metres west of Doctors Memorial.

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 1 km south of Doctors Memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Largo and Yavorov.

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

Suburb
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is a suburb.

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.

Doctors Memorial

Latitude
42.6945° or 42° 41′ 40″ north
Longitude
23.33843° or 23° 20′ 18″ east
Inception
1884
Open location code
8GJ5M8VQ+Q9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 696756848
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­memorial
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­limited
Wiki­data ID
Q19705297
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Slovak—“Doctors Memorial” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բժիշկների հուշարձան, Սոֆիա”
  • Bulgarian: “Докторски паметник”
  • Russian: “Памятник медицинским чинам, погибшим в Русско-турецкую войну 1877—1878 годов”
  • Slovak: “Doktorský pamätník”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Борис Денев и Славка Денева and Маргарита Дупаринова и Апостол Карамитев.

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