VARNA
NURIA, ELENA Y MARIA DEL MAR
SPAIN
SPAIN
Varna Cathedral
Varna Cathedral is one of the symbols of the city. Its construction lasted 6 years (1882-1886) and the first stone in the construction of the temple was laid by Prince Alexander I Battenberg in 1880. The chosen name, "The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin", was in memory of Empress Maria Alexandrovna, a Bulgarian benefactor and aunt of the prince .
Тhe construction used mainly local materials: preserved cut stones from the destroyed fortress wall of the ancient city Odessos. The inner columns are made of solid stone and the outer columns below the windows are made of Rousse stone. The copper sheets for the roof and the cubes are shipped from England.
carver Peter Kushlev and in the 60s of the twentieth century the stained-glass windows were made.
The church is 35 x 35 m in size. In 1941-1943 the bell tower/38 m high/ and the domes were built. Thus, the church becomes the second highest in the country after the Patriarchal Church of ,,St.Alexander Nevsky’’ in Sofia .
Located in the very center of Varna, today the Cathedral of the Assumption is one of the most famous buildings in the city. A temple of worship for the Varna people, and at the same time a landmark in the routes of tourists, the cathedral has become one of the symbols of Varna.
Varna Cathedral is one of the symbols of the city. Its construction lasted 6 years (1882-1886) and the first stone in the construction of the temple was laid by Prince Alexander I Battenberg in 1880. The chosen name, "The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin", was in memory of Empress Maria Alexandrovna, a Bulgarian benefactor and aunt of the prince .
Тhe construction used mainly local materials: preserved cut stones from the destroyed fortress wall of the ancient city Odessos. The inner columns are made of solid stone and the outer columns below the windows are made of Rousse stone. The copper sheets for the roof and the cubes are shipped from England.
carver Peter Kushlev and in the 60s of the twentieth century the stained-glass windows were made.
The church is 35 x 35 m in size. In 1941-1943 the bell tower/38 m high/ and the domes were built. Thus, the church becomes the second highest in the country after the Patriarchal Church of ,,St.Alexander Nevsky’’ in Sofia .
Located in the very center of Varna, today the Cathedral of the Assumption is one of the most famous buildings in the city. A temple of worship for the Varna people, and at the same time a landmark in the routes of tourists, the cathedral has become one of the symbols of Varna.