Central Sofia Cemetery

Central Sofia Cemetery

The Central Sofia Cemetery ( _bg. Централни софийски гробища, "Tsentralni sofiyski grobishta") or the Orlandodvtsi 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, [http://gallery.slovar.org.uk/details.php?image_id=2941] a Roman Catholic chapel of Saint Francis of Assisi, [http://www.abagar1.com/content.php?RID=5&AID=56] [http://gallery.slovar.org.uk/details.php?image_id=2940&mode=search] an Armenian Apostolic chapel, [http://gallery.slovar.org.uk/details.php?image_id=2949&sessionid=54] a Jewish synagogue, etc. [http://mmmitov.blogspot.com/2007/09/blog-post_2904.html] The cemetery also features Russian, Serbian and Romanian military sections.

Among the famous people buried there are Petko Slaveykov and Pencho Slaveykov, Andrey Lyapchev, Lyubomir Miletich, Dimitar Talev, Boris Sarafov, Gyorche Petrov, Hristo Smirnenski.


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