The Saint Sofia Church is a Bulgarian Orthodox church, located in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Built as a church in the fourth century CE, the building was converted to a mosque in the 16th century and was restored as a basilica during the 19th and 20th centuries. It is one of the oldest churches in Sofia. In 1329 CE, the town of Serdica was renamed as Sofia, after the church.
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- Wikipedia (el) – Ναός Αγίας Σοφίας (Σόφια) (el.wikipedia.org)
- Wikipedia (en) – Saint Sophia Church, Sofia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Wikipedia (bg) – Света София (София) (bg.wikipedia.org)
- Wikidata – Q602853 (wikidata.org)
- Wikimedia Commons – Saint Sophia Church, Sofia (commons.wikimedia.org)
- OpenStreetMap – way 96646571 (openstreetmap.org)