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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
The neo-Byzantine cathedral with gold and green domes, built to honor the Russian soldiers who freed Bulgaria.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Free; paid for the icon museum in the crypt
- Time Needed
- 45 minutes
- Address
- Ploshtad Sveti Aleksandar Nevski, 1000 SofiaDirections
- Getting There
- A 10-minute walk east of the Serdika metro station.
Why Go
Built from 1882 to 1912, the cathedral remembers the soldiers who died in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, which ended five centuries of Ottoman rule. Its gilded domes and dark, candlelit interior of murals and onyx hold several thousand people.
The crypt holds a large museum of Bulgarian icons.
Nearby in Sofia
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