MonasterySveta Sofia

out of 100 points
based on 24 reviews
No. 2 out of 57 Church / Cathedral / Monastery in Sofia

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Overall rating includes:
100
Accessibility
100
"Must See"-Factor
100
Budget Friendliness
99
Ambiance
99
Architecture

Address ulitsa Parizh 2 ул. Париж 2
Sofia
1000

Telephone: +359(2)9870971

Websites

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Surroundings

Uno
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ploshtad Aleksandar Nevski
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Antre
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Sinodalna palata
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Pametnik na balgarskiya opalchenets
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Staro balgarsko izkustvo Kripta na Hram-pametnik Sv Aleksandar Nevski
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Hram-Pametnik Sveti Alexandаr Newski
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Mascara
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Oborishte
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ulitsa Moskovska
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Reviews Church / Cathedral / Monastery Sveta Sofia All reviews

martanikolova(27)
Bulgaria

90%

perfection!

[martanikolova, 08/01/2012] This church is a very special one. The architecture is distinct and attracts you right from the exterior. The reddish look and the white windows make it different that the usual churches you would see around. It was built on the foundations of a few older churches from the time of the Roman city of Serdica. Today this church represents one of the most significant historical treasures kept from the early Christianity in South-eastern Europe. The location is very good, it is in the ideal centre of Sofia and can be reached easily by tram (No 20 and 22), trolley bus (No.9 and a few other line wh [more]

Boryana(29)
Sofia, Bulgaria

97%

perfection!

[Boryana, 23/04/2009] "St. Sofia" is an Orthodox Church, the second oldest church in Sofia after rotunda "St. George". It is built on the foundations of several old churches from the time of the Roman town Serdica, destroyed by the Goths and the Huns. During 2nd century there was a Roman theater. In the coming centuries were made successively several temples. After 809 year when Khan Krum included Sredets in the territory of Bulgaria, especially after Christianity and all the Bulgarian Middle Ages, the temple was used as a city church and as a usual place for funerals, due to the proximity of the city necropoli [more]