Category: Temples and monuments

Allied bombing of Sofia on January 10, 1944, inflicted heavy damages to the neighbourhood of the Barracks.

49, Solunska Str. The First Evangelical Church is established in Sofia in 1864, by the American missionaries Charles Morse and Dr. Henry Haskell. Committed to the spread of the Gospel, they assist the young evangelical community spiritually and organizationally. First services were held at the homes of members of the congregation, and the first ordained…

3, Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd. One of the most attractive buildings of downtown Sofia – the Russian Church St. Nicholas, is designed by Arch. Michael Preobrazhenski. Consecrated in November of 1914, it was incorporated within the compound of the Moskovska Street residence of the Russian Ambassador. Though small, the chapel boasts five gilded onion domes, characteristic…

Russian Monument Sq. The monument at the centre of the roundabout at the intersection of Macedonia, General Totleben and General Skobelev boulevardsis the first monument erected in Sofia after the Liberation of Bulgaria in 1878. Built between 1880 and 1882, with funds raised by the Russian people – about 25,000 gold LEVA, it is located…

8, Tsar Kaloyan Str. The ancient Metropolitan church of St. Nicholas of Mira of Lycia – the Miracle–Worker, was erected at the beginning of the fourth century as a small family chapel within the palace complex of Emperor Constantine the Great. In the 13th century, on the foundations of the early Christian chapel Sebastocrator Kaloyan…

Todor Alexandrov Blvd., next to Metrostation no.7 The St. Spas church was built and consecrated after the Liberation, in 1883, on a corner lot between Nishka and Lomska streets (today Todor Alexandrov Blvd. and George Washington Str.), upon the foundations of a small 15th – 16th c. chapel of the same name, dug two-meters into…

146, Knyaz Boris I Str. Construction of the St. Joseph Catholic Cathedral commences prior to the Liberation, but the bulk of the work is finished in 1880. The cathedral complex includes a church, a Capuchin monastery, a school and a concert hall. Finishing work on the church’s façade and interior continue for nearly another decade,…

St. Alexander Nevsky Sq. The largest functioning orthodox temple in Bulgaria, and the second-largest on the Balkan peninsula – the St. Alexander Nevsky Memorial Cathedral, stands at the centre of Sofia as one of the most recognizable symbols of the Bulgarian capital. The decision to construct a cathedral – memorial to the Liberation and to…