Boyana church, Sofia

The Boyana Church (Boyanska tsarkva) is a medieval Bulgarian Orthodox church situated on the outskirts of Sofia in the quarter of Boyana. It is built in the late X-th or early XI-th century. The church is famous with its frescoes from 1259. They form a second layer over the paintings from earlier centuries and represent one of the most complete and well-preserved monuments of Eastern European mediaeval art.

Boyna church was included in UNESCO World Heritage List in 1979.

Address of Boyana church: 1-3, Boyansko ezero str, quarter of Boyana, Sofia

Other sights, landmarks and places of interest when visit town of Sofia >>

• Alexander Nevski Cathedral (category: Cathedral)
• Museum of the Socialist Art (category: Museum)
• Kremikovtsi monastery (category: Monastery)
• Church St Sofia (category: Church)
• Church St Nicolai (The Russian Church) (category: Church)
• National History Museum (category: Museum)
• Ski center Aleko, Vitosha (category: Ski resort)
• National Archaeological Museum (category: Museum)
• City Sightseeing Sofia bus (category: Attraction)
• Ski-slope Konyarnika, Vitosha (category: Ski resort)
• The Earth and Мan Museum (category: Museum)
• National Museum of Natural History (category: Museum)
• National Ethnographic Мuseum (category: Museum)
• Alexander Nevski crypt museum (category: Museum)
• Sofia Puppet Theater (category: Art & Culture)
• National Polytechnic Museum (category: Museum)
• Ulpia Serdica Fortress (category: Fortress)
• History Museum Old Sofia (category: Museum)
• Dragalevski Monastery The Holy Virgin of Vitosha (category: Monastery)
• Sofia Synagogue (category: Synagogue)

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