Central Sofia Cemetery
The main entrance
Aerial view of the whole cemetery
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, a Roman Catholic chapel of Saint Francis of Assisi, an Armenian Apostolic chapel, a Jewish synagogue, etc. The cemetery also features Russian, Serbian, Romanian and British military sections.
Notable interments
- Ghena Dimitrova soprano
- Dimitar Dimov
- Mykhailo Drahomanov, Ukrainian scholar.
- Aleko Konstantinov
- Andrey Lyapchev
- Lyubomir Miletich
- Gyorche Petrov
- Boris Sarafov
- Petko Slaveykov
- Pencho Slaveykov
- Hristo Smirnenski
- Stefan Stambolov
- Dimitar Talev
- Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian Communist politician
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Coordinates: 42°42′59″N 23°19′59″E / 42.7164°N 23.3330°E
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