Central Sofia Cemetery
| Central Sofia Cemetery | |
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Централни софийски гробища | |
 The main entrance | |
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| Country | Bulgaria |
The Central Sofia Cemetery (Bulgarian: Централни софийски гробища, Tsentralni sofiyski grobishta) or the Orlandovtsi Cemetery ("Орландовци") is the main cemetery in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. The cemetery has several chapels used by various Christian denominations, such as a Bulgarian Orthodox church of the Dormition of the Theotokos,[1] a Roman Catholic chapel of Saint Francis of Assisi,[2] [3] an Armenian Apostolic chapel,[4][permanent dead link] a Jewish synagogue, etc.[5] The cemetery also features Russian, Serbian, Romanian and British military sections.
Notable interments
- Ghena Dimitrova soprano
- Dimitar Dimov
- Mykhailo Drahomanov, Ukrainian scholar.[6]
- Aleko Konstantinov
- Andrey Lyapchev
- Lyubomir Miletich
- Gyorche Petrov
- Boris Sarafov
- Petko Slaveykov
- Pencho Slaveykov
- Hristo Smirnenski
- Stefan Stambolov
- Petko Staynov
- Dimitar Talev
- Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian Communist politician
- Georgi Asparuhov, the best Bulgarian footballer of 20th century
References
External links
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