Sofia 苏菲亚

Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. Sofia is located at the foot of Mount Vitosha in the western part of the country. It occupies a strategic position at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula. Sofia's history spans 2,400 years. Its ancient name Serdica derives from the local Celtic tribe of the Serdi who established the town in the 5th century BC. It remained a relatively small settlement until 1879, when it was declared the capital of Bulgaria.

Saint Sofia 圣苏菲亚

Sofia is the 15th largest city in the European Union with a population of around 1.3 million people.

Sofia has been ranked by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network as a Beta− city. Many of the major universities, cultural institutions, and businesses of Bulgaria are concentrated in Sofia.

索菲亚是东欧国家保加利亚的首都和最大城市，位于索非亚盆地南部，四周山地环绕，2006年人口1,246,791[1]。俄土战争结束，保加利亚成为独立民族国家后，索非亚才成为该国的首都。 索菲亚位于巴尔干半岛的中心地区。位于保加利亚的西部，Vitosha山北面。索菲亚位于谷地，四面环山。索菲亚山谷（Sofia Valley）面积为1186平方公里（457.9平方英里），平均海拔550米（1804英尺）。 索菲亚周边有三个山口，是联通黑海，爱琴海的亚得里亚海和中欧的钥匙。

索菲亚境内的河流较少，有Vladaiska河和Perlovska河。Iskar河流经索菲亚东部。索菲亚城内盛产矿泉和温泉，索菲亚城内有一些建于上世纪的人工湖泊和水库。

索菲亚位于保加利亚第二大城市普罗夫迪夫西北130公里（81英里），位于布尔加斯以西380公里（236英里），位于保加利亚的黑海沿岸城市，重要港口以西瓦尔纳380公里（236英里）。 索菲亚离保加利亚距其他三个国家的边境线不到200公里：离塞尔维亚55公里（34英里的卡洛蒂纳），离马其顿共和国113公里（70英里的久埃舍沃），离希腊183公里（114英里的库拉塔）。

Cathedral Saint Alexandar Nevski  亚历山大·涅夫斯基大教堂

The St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral (Bulgarian: Храм-паметник „Свети Александър Невски“, Hram-pametnik „Sveti Aleksandar Nevski“) is a Bulgarian Orthodox cathedral in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. Built in Neo-Byzantine style, it serves as the cathedral church of the Patriarch of Bulgaria and is one of the largest Eastern Orthodox cathedrals in the world, as well as one of Sofia's symbols and primary tourist attractions.

 The St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Sofia occupies an area of 3,170 square metres (34,100 sq ft) and can hold 10,000 people inside.[1] It is the second-largest cathedral located on the Balkan Peninsula, after the Cathedral of Saint Sava in Belgrade.

亚历山大·涅夫斯基大教堂是一座位于保加利亚首都索菲亚保加利亚东正教的大教堂。该教堂为新拜占庭式建筑，是保加利亚主教的主座教堂，也是东正教在世界上最大的教堂之一，还是索菲亚的象征之一以及主要的游览景点。 [1][2] 亚历山大·涅夫斯基大教堂占地面积为3170平方米，能容纳1万人。它是巴尔干半岛最大的教堂。

Church of St George

This Roman rotunda dates back to the 4th century and is located in the courtyard of the Sheraton Sofia Hotel. It is considered the oldest building in Sofia and famous for its Medieval frescoes of 12-14th centuries.

圣乔治教堂是一座早期基督教红砖圆形教堂，是索菲亚最古老的建筑，位于希尔顿酒店后面，索菲亚古城的遗迹中间。由罗马人建于公元4世纪，它的修建证明了古城索菲亚作为当时巴尔干半岛上最大最繁荣的罗马城镇的辉煌。

建于公元四百年，是东欧最古老的东正教教堂，已被列入联合国文教组织的保护文物，今天仍供人参拜。