Doctors Memorial
Doctors Memorial is a memorial in Municipality of the Capital, Sofia-Capital. Doctors Memorial is situated nearby to the park Doctors‘ Garden, as well as near National School of Music Lyubomir Pipkov.Photo: Eola, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Edal, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: monument in Sofia, Bulgaria
- Also known as: “Doctors monument, Sofia”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library and Doctors‘ Garden.
SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library
Library
The SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library is the national library of Bulgaria, situated in the capital city of Sofia. 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. SS. Cyril and Methodius National Library is situated 200 metres west of Doctors Memorial.
Doctors‘ Garden
Park
Photo: Spiritia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Doctors' Garden is a park in the Bulgarian capital Sofia 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.
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
Church
Photo: MrPanyGoff, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is a Bulgarian Orthodox cathedral in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. 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. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is situated 480 metres west of Doctors Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Largo and Yavorov.
Largo
Locality
Photo: Bin im Garten, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Largo is an architectural ensemble of three Socialist Classicism buildings around Independence Square in central Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It was designed and built in the 1950s with the intention of becoming the city's new representative centre.
Sofia
Photo: Bin im Garten, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria, 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
- Categories: monument and historic site
- Location: Municipality of the Capital, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.6945° or 42° 41′ 40″ northLongitude
23.33843° or 23° 20′ 18″ eastInception
1884Open location code
8GJ5M8VQ+Q9OpenStreetMap ID
way 696756848OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata 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 Bulgarian Golf Association and National School of Music Lyubomir Pipkov.
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