Buxton ( bg, Бъкстон , ) is a south-western neighbourhood of
Sofia, the capital of
Bulgaria. Part of
Vitosha municipality, it lies between the
Buxton Brothers (''Bratya Buxton'') Boulevard, the
Tsar Boris III Boulevard
Tsar ( or ), also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar'', is a title used by East and South Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word ''caesar'', which was intended to mean " emperor" in the European medieval sense of the ...
and the
Sofia ringroad
The Sofia ring road ( bg, Софийски околовръстен път, ''Sofíyski okolovrásten pat''), also called in Bulgarian Okolovrástnoto shosé (''Околовръстното шосе'', The ring Chaussee, chaussée), often shortene ...
adjacent to
Boyana.
The neighbourhood was named after the brothers
Charles
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*k ...
and
Noel Buxton,
British public figures and prominent advocates of the Bulgarian position on the
Macedonian Question in the
Balkan Wars
The Balkan Wars refers to a series of two conflicts that took place in the Balkan States in 1912 and 1913. In the First Balkan War, the four Balkan States of Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria declared war upon the Ottoman Empire and defe ...
and
World War I.
The central boulevard of the neighbourhood is also named after the brothers.
Buxton features mostly single-family houses and mid- to high-rise residential architecture from the 60s–80s. It is serviced by Secondary School #2 Academician
Emiliyan Stanev
Emiliyan Stanev ( bg, Емилиян Станев) was the pseudonym of Nikola Stoyanov Stanev (Никола Стоянов Станев, 28 February 1907 – 15 March 1979), a 20th-century Bulgarian prose writer.
Stanev was born in Veliko Tarnovo ...
, Primary School #5
Ivan Vazov and Secondary Specialized School and Kindergarten for Hearing-impaired Children #2. The Vitosha municipality building is also located in the neighbourhood, and there is a
Fantastico supermarket in Buxton.
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Gallery
Image:Bakston (Sofia)1.jpg, Buxton
Image:Bakston (Sofia).jpg, Old house in Buxton
References
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Neighbourhoods of Sofia