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Baba Vida, a medieval fortress in Vidin in northwestern Bulgaria, is the town's primary landmark and a popular tourist destination.
Baba Vida, a medieval fortress in Vidin in northwestern Bulgaria, is the town's primary landmark and a popular tourist destination.
The Vidin Synagogue, completed in 1894, was the second largest synagogue in Bulgaria. Most of its congregation emigrated to Israel after World War II, and the communist government seized the synagogue, then in ruins, in 1950. In 2012, the Ministry of Culture announced plans to restore the building as a museum complex that includes a library, meeting hall, prayer spaces, and commemoration of the Holocaust, naming it after Vidin-born Jewish artist Jules Pascin.
Wall of the Belogradchik Fortress in the rocks near Vidin, Bulgaria.
Belogradchik Rocks near Vidin, Bulgaria. Each of the limestone rocks has its own name. Some were incorporated into the walls and defenses of Belogradchik Fortress.
The St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria, is one of the 50 largest Christian church buildings in the world, one of the 10 largest Eastern Orthodox church buildings, and the largest cathedral in the Balkans. Its namesake is Alexander Nevsky, a 13th-century prince who was later declared a saint, and the cathedral is dedicated to the memory of the Russian soldiers who died liberating Bulgaria from Ottoman rule during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878. Construction began on the cathedral in 1882, and it was completed in 1912.
The Rila Monastery is the largest and most famous Eastern Orthodox monastery in Bulgaria. Founded in the 10th century by Saint John of Rila, it is regarded as one of Bulgaria's most important cultural, historical, and architectural monuments and is featured on the reverse of the one-lev banknote. The monastery is located in the southwestern Rila Mountains, 117 km (73 mi) south of the capital Sofia, in the Rila Monastery Nature Park along the Rilska River.
The Church of Saint George in Sofia, Bulgaria, is the oldest building in the capital city. Built as baths by the Romans in the early fourth century, it became a church inside the walls of Serdica, the capital of Dacia Mediterranea during the Roman and Byzantine Empires. During the 16th century Ottoman invasion, the church was turned into a mosque. At the end of the Ottoman empire, it became part of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.
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