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The Statue of Sofia (Bulgarian: Статуя на София, romanized: Statuya na Sofiya) is a monumental sculpture in Sofia, Bulgaria.It was officially opened to the public by the capital's mayor Stefan Sofiyanski on December 28, 2000.
Statue of Sophia in Sofia, Bulgaria. The 1979 installation artwork The Dinner Party features a place setting for Sophia. [21] There is a monumental sculpture of Holy Wisdom depicted as a "goddess" in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria (the city itself is named after Saint Sofia Church). [22] The sculpture was erected in 2000 to replace a statue of ...
Hagia Sophia (Turkish: Ayasofya; Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Σοφία, romanized: Hagía Sophía; Latin: Sancta Sapientia; lit. ' Holy Wisdom '), officially the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque (Turkish: Ayasofya-i Kebir Cami-i Şerifi; Greek: Μεγάλο Τζαμί της Αγίας Σοφίας), [3] is a mosque and former church serving as a major cultural and historical site in Istanbul, Turkey.
Sofia (/ ˈ s oʊ f i ə, ˈ s ɒ f-, s oʊ ˈ f iː ə / SOH-fee-ə, SOF-; [15] [16] Bulgarian: София, romanized: Sofiya, [17] [18] IPA: ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria.It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country.
Height. 37 m. Completion date. 1954, removed in 2023. The Monument to the Soviet Army (Bulgarian: Паметник на Съветската армия, Pametnik na Savetskata armiya) is a partially dismantled monument located in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. There is a large park around the statue and the surrounding areas. It is a popular ...
The Monument to the Tsar Liberator. The Monument to the Tsar Liberator (Bulgarian: Паметник на Цар Освободител, Pametnik na Tsar Osvoboditel) is an equestrian monument in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It was created in honour of Russian Emperor Alexander II who liberated the Russian Serfs and won the ...
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The Halfdan inscription. The first runic inscription was discovered in 1964 on a parapet on the top floor of the southern gallery, and the discovery was published by Elisabeth Svärdström in "Runorna i Hagia Sofia", Fornvännen 65 (1970), 247–49. The inscription is worn down so nowadays only -ftan, which is the Norse name Halfdan, is legible.