Catedral Alexander Nevsky (Plaza Aleksander Nevski, Sofía) – La Catedral Alexander Nevsky con cúpula dorada fue construida a principios del siglo XX en memoria de los 200,000 soldados rusos, ucranianos, bielorrusos y búlgaros, que murieron en la Guerra Ruso-Turca, 1877 –1878. Es una de las catedrales ortodoxas orientales más grandes del mundo. La cúpula chapada […]
Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (Aleksander Nevski Square, Sofia) — The gold-domed Alexander Nevsky Cathedral was built in the early 20th century in memory of the 200,000 Russian, Ukrainian, Belorussian and Bulgarian soldiers, who died in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877–1878. It is one of the largest Eastern Orthodox cathedrals in the world. The cathedral’s gold-plated dome is […]
Posteriormente, Bulgaria fue dominada por los otomanos en 1396 (llevando el Islam a un país ortodoxo en su mayoría cristiano). Dicha regla continuó durante casi 500 años, hasta la Guerra Ruso-Turca (1877-78), cuando las fuerzas rusas y los voluntarios locales (búlgaros) obligaron a los turcos a salir del país. Se creó un principado de Bulgaria […]
Bulgaria, one of the larger Balkan countries, shares borders with Romania, Serbia, Macedonia, Greece, and Turkey (as well as the Black Sea acting as its lengthy eastern coastline). It is perhaps the least-known among the countries in that region, whose history dates back to the Roman Empire, when a town then called “Serdica” (now Sofia […]
Warsaw Railway Museum (Street Towarowa 1, Warsaw) – located at the one-time Warsaw Main Station, this museum is a paradise for lovers of locomotive trains. Here, one can find both standard and narrow-gauge railways, documents, railway carriages, machines and equipment, uniforms, models of rolling-stock, railway banners and paintings. Admission: 12 ZŁ (regular), 6 ZŁ (reduced) […]
State Archaeological Museum (Street Długa 52, Warsaw) – housed within the Warsaw Arsenal is this museum, which has a variety of exhibitions. One of them is “Prehistory of Polish Lands” – highlighting the people who lived in Poland from the Stone Age until the medieval period. Another, “the History of Biskupin” – covers that fortified […]
Royal Castle (Museum) (Square Zamkowy 4, Warsaw) – this castle holds various artworks from Polish and international artists (in particular Rembrandt’s paintings “Girl in the Picture Frame” and “Scholar at the Desk”.). In addition, there are also archaeological artifacts from the country’s past, as well as a unique collection of eastern rugs. Admission: 22 ZŁ […]
Raclawice Forts in Warsaw (Street Skazańców 25, Warsaw) – these forts were built in 1832 by the Russian Empire when it occupied this part of Poland. An earth and brick fortress was erected in the shape of a bastion surrounded by a moat. The expansion of these fortifications and their modernization happened in stages and […]
Przeworsk (fort) (Przeworsk) – located in the outskirts of this town in southeastern Poland (4 ½ hours southeast of Warsaw), walls were built during the Middle Ages to defend this part of Poland against invaders from various countries: from Italy to Sweden, and the Ottoman Turks. Nowadays, one can admire the remnants of town’s fortifications […]
Panorama of the Battle of Racławice (ul. Purkyniego 11 50-155 Wroclaw) – located nearly 4 hours southwest of Warsaw (via Route E30), this exhibition hall pays tribute to the Panorama of the Battle of Racławice in Wrocław, an impressive relic of 19th-century century mass culture, is one of only few examples of this genre preserved […]