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Place of worship

St Nicholas the Miracle-Maker

A small church with gilded onion domes, tucked among the trees on Tsar Osvoboditel Boulevard.

Built between 1907 and 1914 for the Russian embassy, its green tiles and gold domes stand out against the grey buildings around it. It takes a few minutes to see and is right on the way from the cathedral to the City Garden.

The gilded onion domes of the Russian Church
Photo: Kufareu, CC BY-SA 4.0

Walks that pass here

The gold and green domes of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

Walk

Explore central Sofia on foot

Sofia's centre is compact, walkable and full of layers, from Roman streets to Ottoman baths and gold-domed cathedrals. Here's how to experience it in a day of walking.

~6 h 15 min in total
~4.6 km, ~1 h walking
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