Alexander Nevsky Cathedral – Sofia

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral is one of the most important monuments in Sofia and in all of Bulgaria. It is an Orthodox church, built in the Neo-Byzantine style between 1882 and 1912. The building occupies an area of ​​3170 square meters, and with its 45 m high that exceeds 50 m considering the bell tower is the largest church in the city and the second on the entire Balkan peninsula. The Cathedral is named after Prince Alexander Nevsky and was erected to commemorate the death of 200,000 Russian soldiers who died in the 1877-78 conflict between Russia and Turkey, when Bulgaria gained independence. During the First World War, when Russia and Bulgaria found themselves on opposite sides, the cathedral changed its name and was entitled after Cyril and Methodius in 1916, returning to its original name in 1920.