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<h2 class="blog-post-title"><a href="/2016/04/sofias-marvelous-alexander-nevsky-cathedral/">Sofia&rsquo;s Marvelous Alexander Nevsky Cathedral</a></h2>
<p class="blog-post-meta"><time datetime="2016-04-20T14:21:40Z">Wed Apr 20, 2016</time>
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<p>When I first started visiting Bulgaria I was in awe of the beautiful buildings in Sofia. Here you can see the typical vintage of Europe mixed with a bit of the color and flair of the Orient, a combination rarely seen in Western Europe. For the first few months after I moved to Sofia I maintained the position that it was <em>cliché</em> to say that the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Nevsky_Cathedral,_Sofia">Alexander Nevsky cathedral</a> was your favorite building in the city — after all, it is undoubtedly the most famous landmark. But, ladies and gentlemen, this cathedral is absolutely marvelous to behold.</p>
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<p>Over the last few months I must have walked by this church nearly a hundred times (and taken at least as many pictures). Surprisingly, I still haven&rsquo;t been inside it and actually don&rsquo;t even know much about it. From a hasty reading of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Nevsky_Cathedral,_Sofia">the Wikipedia page</a> it seems that construction started in 1882 and that the cathedral was created in honor to the Russian soldiers who died during the Russo – Turkish War of 1877 – 1878, as a result of which Bulgaria was liberated from Ottoman rule. I won&rsquo;t pretend to know anything else about it just yet.</p>
<h2 id="easy-photography-practice">Easy Photography Practice</h2>
<p>Earlier this year I used the cathedral as a subject while practicing my photography skills. The picture above was taken on a sunny afternoon in late December, and the one below was taken a week or so later, after the first snow of the winter season in early January. I think the results are fantastic, but that probably has more to do with the photogenic subject than my skills as a photographer.</p>
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<p>So, if you&rsquo;re ever in Sofia make sure to stop by the Alexander Nevsky cathedral to see those beautiful green and gold domes with your own eyes. And, while you&rsquo;re in the area, you should also make a point to see the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Church,_Sofia">Russian church</a> just a stone&rsquo;s throw from Nevsky — it&rsquo;s my second favorite and has always competed for my adoration.</p>
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