Bulgaria - Off the beaten track
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Alexander Nevsky Cathedral - Sofia
Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria Southern and Eastern side of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral which 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 libaration 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="995E2231-E3B0-4A81-A380-DF1EFCAA9A9E" id="Bulgaria lilleulven.com _K3_1792.DNG Bulgaria lilleulven.com"
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