Assumption of the Virgin Mary

The Church of the Holy Mother of God, officially the Cathedral Church of the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God is a Bulgarian National Revival church in 's second largest city .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Orthodox
  • Description: church in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  • Also known as: “Church of the Holy Mother of God, Plovdiv”, “The Holy Virgin”, and “Света Богородица”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Roman theatre of Philippopolis and Dzhumaya Mosque.

Archaeological site
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The is one of the world's best-preserved ancient Roman theatres, located in the city center of modern , , once the ancient city of Philippopolis. is situated 110 metres south of Assumption of the Virgin Mary.

Mosque
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The , also known as the Friday Mosque, is a located in , in the of . Located in the centre of Plovdiv, the mosque was built in 1363–1364 on the site of the Sveta Petka Tarnovska Cathedral Church after the conquest of Plovdiv by the Ottoman army. is situated 200 metres west of Assumption of the Virgin Mary.

Museum
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The Plovdiv Regional Ethnographic Museum is a museum of ethnography in , . Since 1938, it has occupied the 1847 house of the merchant, Argir Kuyumdzhioglu, in the city's Old Town. is situated 310 metres northeast of Assumption of the Virgin Mary.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kapana and Old Plovdiv.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Suburb
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The old town in Plovdiv is an architectural and historical reserve located on three of 's hills: , Dzhambaz Tepe and Taksim Tepe. The complex has been formed as a result of the long sequence of habitation from prehistoric times to present day and combines the culture and architecture from Antiquity, Middle Ages and Bulgarian revival.

Suburb
is a Roma ghetto in , dating to 1400s. Residents generally regard themselves as being of the Turkish ethnicity. Its name comes from a mosque, itself named after a Turkish military leader who may have founded the neighborhood.

Assumption of the Virgin Mary

Latitude
42.1479° or 42° 8′ 52″ north
Longitude
24.75073° or 24° 45′ 3″ east
Open location code
8GJ64QX2+57
Open­Street­Map ID
way 98812451
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q966311
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Slovak—“Assumption of the Virgin Mary” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “„Света Богородица“, „Успение на Пресвета Богородица“”
  • Bulgarian: “„Успение Богородично“”
  • Bulgarian: “Успение Богородично”
  • Chinese: “聖母教堂”
  • Czech: “Katedrála Zesnutí Bohorodičky”
  • Japanese: “生神女聖堂 (プロヴディフ)”
  • Polish: “Sobór Świętej Bogurodzicy w Płowdiwie”
  • Polish: “Sobór Zaśnięcia Matki Bożej w Płowdiwie”
  • Slovak: “Katedrála Zosnutia Bohorodičky”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Philippopolis Art Gallery - Museum and Saint Nikolay.

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