St. Sophia

The Saint Sofia Church is a Bulgarian Orthodox church, located in , the capital of . Built as a church in the fourth century CE, the building was converted to a in the 16th century and was restored as a basilica during the 19th and 20th centuries.
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  • Type: Church
  • Description: church building in Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Saint Sophia Church”, “Saint Sophia Church, Sofia”, and “Sveta Sofia”
  • Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Alexander Nevsky Cathedral and The Unknown Soldier.

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 140 metres southeast of St. Sophia.

Memorial
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The Monument to is a monument in the centre of , the capital of , located just next to the 6th-century Church of St Sophia, on 2 Paris Street.

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 420 metres southeast of St. Sophia.

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.

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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.

St. Sophia

Latitude
42.69655° or 42° 41′ 48″ north
Longitude
23.33143° or 23° 19′ 53″ 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 attribute
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Wiki­data ID
Q602853
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“St. Sophia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة القديسة صوفيا”
  • Asturian: “ilesia de Santa Sofía”
  • Belarusian: “Сабор Мудрасьці Божай у Сафіі”
  • Belarusian: “Сабор Святой Сафіі ў Сафіі”
  • Belarusian: “Сабор сьвятой Сафіі (Сафія)”
  • Belarusian: “Сабор сьвятой Сафіі ў Сафіі”
  • Belarusian: “Сабор сьвятой Сафіі”
  • Bulgarian: “Света София”
  • Bulgarian: “Църква „Света София”
  • Catalan: “església de Santa Sofia”
  • Chinese: “聖索菲亞教堂”
  • Czech: “Kostel svaté Sofie”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسه القديسه صوفيا”
  • French: “basilique Sainte-Sophie de Sofia”
  • French: “Basilique Sainte-Sophie de Sofia”
  • Galician: “Igrexa de Santa Sofía de Sofía”
  • German: “Sophienkirche”
  • German: “Sweta Sofia”
  • Greek: “Ναός Αγίας Σοφίας στη Σόφια”
  • Greek: “Ναός Αγίας Σοφίας”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית סופיה הקדושה”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית סנט סופיה”
  • Indonesian: “Gereja Santa Sofia, Sofia”
  • Italian: “Basilica di Santa Sofia”
  • Japanese: “聖ソフィア聖堂”
  • Macedonian: “Црква Света Софија”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sweta Sofia”
  • Polish: “Cerkiew Mądrości Bożej w Sofii”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de Hagia Sophia (Sófia)”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de Hagia Sophia”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de Santa Sofia”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de Sveta Sofia”
  • Romanian: “Biserica Sfânta Sofia din Sofia”
  • Russian: “Собор святой Софии”
  • Russian: “Собор Святой Софии”
  • Serbian: “Света Софија (Софија)”
  • Serbian: “Црква Свете Софије у Софији”
  • Slovak: “Chrám svätej Sofie”
  • Slovenian: “Cerkev sv. Sofije, Sofija”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de Hagia Sofia”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de Hagia Sofía”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de Hagia Sofía”
  • Turkish: “Ayasofya Camii”
  • Turkish: “Ayasofya”
  • Ukrainian: “Собор Святої Софії”
  • Welsh: “Eglwys y Santes Sofia”

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