St. Sofia Temple – Sofia City
The church (God’s Wisdom) is located within the center of Bulgaria’s
capital, in close proximity to the Monumental Temple “Alexander Nevski”. it's
one among the magnificent churches in Sofia and its history is closely related
to the history of the town. today the temple is considered one among the
symbols of Sofia.
The church was constructed in the sixth century throughout the time of the
Byzantine Emperor Justinian I (reigned 527 - 565) on the foundations of four
older Christian temples from the fourth century.
The church “St. Sofia” was engineered on the site of the necropolis of the
city of Serdika (the previous name of Sofia) and other older churches from the
fourth century and dozens of masonry graves. Fragments of the mosaic of 1 of
the older temples were found throughout archaeological excavations. it's
thought of that the building will house up to five thousand individuals.
During the period of the eleventh – the fourteenth century it had been a
metropolitan church and its glory was so nice that within the fourteenth
century it gave its name to the city.
In the sixteenth century throughout the Ottoman Dominion the temple was
reconstructed into a masjid, and its wall paintings were destroyed. according
to a legend, within the sixteenth century the goldsmith Georgi was burned alive
ahead of it because he rejected to convert into Islam. the numerous earthquakes
in 1818 and 1858 destroyed the tower and destroyed the building, and consistent
with a legend throughout the second earthquake the 2 sons of the imaum were
within the building and died. The Muslims thought of that a bad omen and
deserted the temple. it had been deserted for a long time, however once the
Liberation (1878) it had been becoming a warehouse.
The building was renewed a number of times, and since the start of the
twentieth-century archaeological excavations are conducted here. presently the
appearance of the temple is as close as attainable to its authentic look from
the late antiquity and also the early Middle Ages. The revolutionary Vasil
Levski (1837 – 1873) was decorated in close proximity to the church. Behind the
church lies the grave of the great Bulgarian author Ivan Vazov (1850 – 1921).
Presently, the Monument of an Unknown mortal is set next to the temple.
it's a symbol of admiration to all Bulgarian warriors who died for their
homeland.
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