Alexander Nevsky Cathedral built

1882 CE.

Shown on the map at 42.696°, 23.333°.

The St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (Bulgarian: Храм-паметник "Свети Александър Невски", romanized: Hram-pametnik "Sveti Aleksandar Nevski") is a Bulgarian Orthodox cathedral in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. 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. It is one of Sofia's symbols and primary tourist attractions. St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia occupies an area of 3,170 square metres (34,100 sq ft) and can hold 5,000 worshipers. It is among the ten largest Eastern Orthodox church buildings. It is believed that up until the year 2000 it was the largest finished Orthodox cathedral.

Text from the Wikipedia article Saint Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Sofia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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