Sunrise over the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral - Sofia

Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria The Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was built to commemorate the 200.000 soldiers who gave their lives in the battles of the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-1878, which lead to the liberation of Bulgaria from the 500year long Ottoman occupation. The building got its name from Lord Alexander Nevsky, a Russian Tsar, who in the 13s century defeated the Swedes at the River Neva and the Germans two years later in the famous "massacre on the ice." uuid="336D74CE-5316-45FB-89E8-859758270B3D" id="Bulgaria lilleulven.com _K3_1655_HDR-Bearbeitet.tif Bulgaria lilleulven.com"

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